Author: Harry S Truman

Quotes

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

- Harry S Truman

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

- Harry S Truman

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

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

- Harry S Truman

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.

- Harry S Truman

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.

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

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

- Harry S Truman

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

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

The reward of suffering is experience.

The reward of suffering is experience.

- Harry S Truman

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.

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

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