Harry S. Truman quotes - page 2

My favorite animal is the mule. He has more sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating - and when to stop working. (Harry S. Truman)
The buck stops here!
Harry S. Truman
The White House is the finest prison in the world.
Harry S. Truman
My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.
Harry S. Truman
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
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
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
The Russians are liars – you can't trust them. At Potsdam they agreed to everything and broke their word. It's too bad the second world power is like this, but that's the way it is, and we must keep our strength.
Harry S. Truman
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
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
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. (Harry S. Truman)
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
Some of my best friends never agree with me politically.
Harry S. Truman
The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world.
Harry S. Truman
A President cannot always be popular.
Harry S. Truman
A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.
Harry S. Truman
You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now.
Harry S. Truman
One of the difficulties with all our institutions is the fact that we've emphasized the reward instead of the service.
Harry S. Truman
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
Harry S. Truman
The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
Harry S. Truman
No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations. (Harry S. Truman)
I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.
Harry S. Truman
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.
Harry S. Truman
I don't give a damn about "The Missouri Waltz” but I can't say it out loud because it's the song of Missouri. It's as bad as "The Star-Spangled Banner” so far as music is concerned.
Harry S. Truman
Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.
Harry S. Truman