72 result(s) for Harry S Truman Quotes.
"Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction."
"The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed, or nationality...can be trusted to have good sense."
"Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures – character."
"Sincerity is the most difficult part of public life. It should be standard quality, but it is usually not."
"Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles."
"Whenever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship."
"Actions are the seed of fate, deeds grow into destiny."
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"Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character."
"You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgments about what is going on."
"The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul."
"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."
"It is a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word."
"The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the interests and quarrels of other nations, if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her powerful good, and endanger her very existence."
"I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell."
"You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook."
"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."
"We must remember that the human soul is the source of all nations and all world."
"The atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation which controls the sky."
"Some of the Presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great Presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one."
"I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell."
"A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants."
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"The United States has never lost a war or won a conference."
"I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes."
"The White House is the finest prison in the world."
"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."
"You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog."
"Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still."
"If you can't convince them, confuse them."
"Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you."
"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind."
"Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny."
"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."
"Without a strong educational system democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only key it is the common denominator."
"How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?"
"We shall never be able to prevent an earthquake or a tidal wave, but when disaster strikes, we can be better prepared to meet it."
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"The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character."
"If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
"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."
"The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know."
"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you."
"Actions are the seed of fate. Deeds grow into destiny."
"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."
"Once a decision was made, I did not worry about it afterward."
"Ignorance breeds fear."
"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."
"The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do."
"Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it."
"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."
"I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have."
"It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours."
"The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice."
"You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace."
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
"The buck stops here."
"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell."
"Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers."
"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."
"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties."
"Once a decision was made, I didn't worry about it afterward."
"The reward of suffering is experience."
"Not every problem someone has with his girlfriend is necessarily due to the capitalist mode of production."
"The president cannot always be popular."
"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive."
"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."
"There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know."
"The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed, or nationality will always point in the right direction."
"The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members."
"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."
"The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all."
"I have found the Ten Commandments in which the first nine are negative and the tenth is positive the most difficult to keep."
"The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."
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