Harry S. Truman quotes - page 4

I am not sure it can ever be used... I don't think we ought to use this thing unless we absolutely have to. It is a terrible thing to order the use of something that is so terribly destructive, destructive beyond anything we have ever had. You have got to understand that this isn't a military weapon. It is used to wipe out women and children and unarmed people, and not for military uses. So we have got to treat this differently from rifles and cannon and ordinary things like that. (Harry S. Truman)
I sincerely wish that every member of Congress could visit the displaced person's camp in Germany and Austria and see just what is happening to 500,000 human beings through no fault of their own. View quote
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Senator Barkley and I will win this election and make these Republicans like it - don't forget that! We will do that because they are wrong and we are right, and I will prove it to you in just a few minutes. View quote
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Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear. View quote
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Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day. View quote
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The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better. View quote
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Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles. View quote
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Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty. View quote
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We should resolve now that the health of this nation is a national concern; that financial barriers in the way of attaining health shall be removed; that the health of all it's citizens deserves the help of all the nation. View quote
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We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives - but in what we do for others. View quote
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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. (Harry S. Truman)
This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come. View quote
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A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants. View quote
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A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. View quote
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Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought. View quote
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In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice. View quote
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We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries. View quote
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I would rather have peace in the world than be President. View quote
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The atomic bomb is too dangerous to be loose in a lawless world. View quote
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Study men, not historians. View quote
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If wars in the future are to be prevented the nations must be united in their determination to keep the peace under law. (Harry S. Truman)
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one. View quote
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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. View quote
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When a High Explosive shell bursts in fifteen feet and does you no damage, you can bet your sweet life you bear a charmed life and no mistake. View quote
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In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity. View quote
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