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Any story worth telling is worth exaggerating.
Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman
Age: 88 †
Born: 1884
Born: May 8
Died: 1972
Died: December 26
33Rd U.S. President
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I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!
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I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases.
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In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war.
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France is France and a grand place for Frenchman.
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The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against us.
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Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you.
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If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.
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May we Americans all live up to our glorious heritage.
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It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.
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Whenever the press quits abusing me, I know I'm in the wrong pew.
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Herbert Hoover once ran on the slogan, 'Two cars in every garage'. Apparently, the Republican candidate this year is running on the slogan, 'Two families in every garage'.
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Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.
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A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
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I like riding a bicycle built for two--by myself.
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You cannot get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have the facts, you cannot make proper judgments about what is going on.
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Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
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