Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I am proud of my part in the creation of this new state. Our Government was the first to recognize the State… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
This is the first time in my experience... that I ever heard of a Senator trying to discredit his own Government before… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
This government has been informed that a Jewish state has been proclaimed in Palestine, and recognition has been requested by the provisional… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount…If we don’t have a proper fundamental moral background,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
When you can't do any housecleaning because everything that goes on is a damned secret, then we're on our way to something… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
You know of our sympathetic interest in this country in Iran's desire to control its natural resources. From this point of view… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Democracy maintains that government is established for the benefit of the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the individual,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
On the one hand, the Republicans are telling industrial workers that the high cost of food in the cities is due to… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all! — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
Most of the time most people know the right thing to do ...its the doing of it that gives them trouble — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
Democracy maintains that government is established for the benefit of the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the individual, and is… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
Although I hold the highest civil honour in the world, I have always regarded my rank and title as a Past Grand Master of… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
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… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
