Harry S Truman
Harry S. Truman was the thirty-third President of the United States ; as vice president, he succeeded to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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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.
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
A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics.
Harry S Truman
It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
Harry S Truman
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
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
Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.
Harry S Truman
I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.
Harry S Truman
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
Harry S Truman
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
Harry S Truman
If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline.
Harry S Truman
A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.
Harry S Truman
We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.
Harry S Truman
Nixon is a shifty-eyed goddamn liar. . . . .He's 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
Harry S Truman
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.
Harry S Truman
I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.
Harry S Truman
I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.
Harry S Truman
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Harry S Truman
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything.
Harry S Truman
