I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I received a card the other day from Steve Early which said, "Don't Worry Me--I am an 8 Ulcer Man on 4 Ulcer Pay. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Keep working on a plan. Make no little plans. Make the biggest plan you can think of and spend the rest of… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
One of the difficulties with all our institutions is the fact that we've emphasized the reward instead of the service. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Too many?pass judgement on wartime decisions in the luxury of a peacetime environment. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he'd taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The Russians are liars - you can't trust them. At Potsdam they agreed to everything and broke their word. It's too bad… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The Republican Party either corrupts its liberals or it expels them. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The only thing you have to worry about is bad luck. I never had bad luck. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
If you tell Congress everything about the world situation, they get hysterical. If you tell them nothing, they go fishing. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Why, this fellow doesn't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to live happily, and to be at peace with his neighbors. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of… — 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
