Harry S. Truman quotes

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. His leadership included the conclusion of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War era. He made significant decisions such as authorizing the use of atomic bombs on Japan and establishing the Truman Doctrine. Here are 203 of his quotes:

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. (Harry S. Truman)
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. View quote
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If you can't convince them, confuse them. View quote
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I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. View quote
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It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. View quote
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The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. View quote
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America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. View quote
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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. View quote
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There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know. View quote
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You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog. View quote
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My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. (Harry S. Truman)
Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny. View quote
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A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. View quote
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If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. View quote
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Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides. View quote
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Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. View quote
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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! View quote
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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. View quote
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Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice. View quote
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The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all. View quote
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It isn't important who is ahead at one time or another in either an election or horse race. It's the horse that comes in first at the finish line that counts. (Harry S. Truman)
I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a program you have to be for something. Otherwise, you will never get anywhere. View quote
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Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend. View quote
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Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past. View quote
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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. View quote
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Harry S. Truman

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Occupation: American President
Born: May 8, 1884
Died: December 26, 1972
Quotes count: 203
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