Harry S Truman Quotes

Harry S Truman
American President
Born: May 8, 1884
Died: Dec 26, 1972
Government Man President Time World You
Related authors: Abraham Lincoln Barack Obama Donald Trump Franklin D. Roosevelt John F. Kennedy Ronald Reagan Theodore Roosevelt Thomas Jefferson
If you can't convince them, confuse them. Harry S Truman
You Confuse Them Convince
There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know. Harry S Truman
History You World Nothing Except New Know Nothing New
The reward of suffering is experience. Harry S Truman
Suffering Experience Reward
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. Harry S Truman
Patriotism Courage Determination Fear Job Imagination Unbeatable Built Hand America
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. Harry S Truman
Leadership History Change Courage Progress Better Opportunity Men Society Change Things Other Way Seize Leaders Periods Make Courageous Around Occurs Still Where Skillful Stands Things
When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril. Harry S Truman
Fear Mind Mouth Nothing All Americans Wrong Peril Forced His Close American Done Then Who Even Shut
Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in. Harry S Truman
Truth Time Good Lie Mouth Richard Nixon Lying Sides Nixon Out Telling Telling The Truth Both Both Sides He Himself Caught His Hand Same Just Same Time Richard Keep Ever
A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. Harry S Truman
Politics Leader Party Boss He Democratic Democratic Party Republican Republican Party
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break. Harry S Truman
You Matter Men Free Parents Everyone More Know Equal Came Than American Being Where Break Created Your Even Belief Deserves
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination. Harry S Truman
Government Mind Men Matters Suicide Those Spirit Like Commit Afraid Being Want Regulate Avoid Assassination Who
You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on. Harry S Truman
You Unless All The Facts About Proper Facts Never Make Judgements Get Going Just Just One Cannot Newspaper
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. Harry S Truman
Great Victory Men First Reading Great Men Over Self-Discipline Came Won Them Themselves Found Lives
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. Harry S Truman
Opportunities Pessimist Difficulties Makes His Optimist Who
I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. Harry S Truman
Truth Thought Hell Gave Never Just Anybody
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything. Harry S Truman
You Battle Defensive Carry Put Anything Them Apologize Ever Bring
It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. Harry S Truman
Work Peace Understanding Sit Differences Down Other Our Ours Out Ability Gives He Fellow Understand Understands Work Out Then Us Viewpoint
I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount. Harry S Truman
Today Teacher Problem World Country Believe Settled Could Through Mount Which Teaching Sermon
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. Harry S Truman
Government You Dictatorship Efficient
All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. Harry S Truman
Politics Time Man People President Relations Kicking Kissing Supposed Glorified His Get Anyway Flattering Public Them Who Public Relations
A President cannot always be popular. Harry S Truman
Positive President Always Cannot Popular
When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency. Harry S Truman
You Remember Gun Presidency President Honors Those Get Twenty-One Things
Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place. Harry S Truman
You First City Easy First Place Got Came Very Forget Where Place Washington Why
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. Harry S Truman
Work Time You Political Old Confuse Trick Plain Convince
I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here. Harry S Truman
You Remember Rest First Hell Months Remember When Got How Came Wonder Six Them Next Washington Ever Here
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. Harry S Truman
Depression You Job Lose Recession Neighbor Loses His Your Yours
I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization. Harry S Truman
Future Faith Great Glorious Nation Before Believe Our Embodiment Civilization Had Ideals Another Israel Sovereign Sovereign Nation Just Established Now
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