~ Harry S. Truman Quotes ~

[MysteRy]

I never did give them hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

[MysteRy]

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss in the Republican Party he is a leader.

[MysteRy]

'Sartor Resartus' is simply unreadable and for me that always sort of spoils a book.

[MysteRy]

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.

[MysteRy]

Well I wouldn't say that I was in the 'great' class but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

[MysteRy]

Within the first few months I discovered that being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.

[MysteRy]

The President spends most of his time kissing people on the cheek in order to get them to do what they ought to do without getting kissed.

[MysteRy]

The president is the representative of the whole nation and he's the only lobbyist that all the one hundred and sixty million people in this country have.

[MysteRy]

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 single moment.

[MysteRy]

Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity as well as the inalienable right to govern himself with reason and justice.

[MysteRy]

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.

[MysteRy]

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.

[MysteRy]

I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to.

[MysteRy]

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.

[MysteRy]

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.