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Harry S. Truman Quotes

Harry S. Truman quotes

American President May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972

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Dictatorship, by whatever name, is founded on the doctrine that the individual amounts to nothing; that the State is the only one that counts; and that men and women and children were put on earth solely for the purpose of serving the state. 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
Harry S. Truman quote: "Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had..."
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. Harry S. Truman
[we are] going to continue to fight communism. Now I am going to tell you how we are not going to fight communism. We are not going to transform our fine FBI into a Gestapo secret police. That is what some people would like to do. We are not going to try to control what our people read and say and think. We are not going to turn the United States into a right-wing totalitarian country in order to deal with a left-wing totalitarian threat. Harry S. Truman
I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America! Harry S. Truman
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break. Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman quote: "Being too good is apt to be uninteresting."
Being too good is apt to be uninteresting. Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman quote: "Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery..."
Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it. Harry S. Truman
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. Harry S. Truman
I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization. Harry S. Truman
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 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. Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman quote: "How many times do you have to get hit over the head until you..."
How many times do you have to get hit over the head until you figure out who’s hitting you. Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman quote: "My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a..."
My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States. Harry S. Truman
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. Harry S. Truman

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