It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President… — 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
A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
There is no more fundamental axiom of American freedom than the familiar statement: In a free country we punish men for the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Have fired 500 rounds at the Germans, at my command, been shelled, didn't run away thank the Lord and never lost a… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Within the first few months I discovered that being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
It is organized as a fellowship of men, a system of morals, a philosophy taught by degrees through the use of symbol,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The President hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully indeed… — 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
But Quantrill and his men were no more bandits than the men on the other side. I've been to reunions of Quantrill's… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
This Nation was established by men who believed in God. ... You will see the evidence of this deep religious faith on… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Dictatorship, by whatever name, is founded on the doctrine that the individual amounts to nothing; that the State is the only one… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I have just read your lousy review. You sound like a frustrated old man who never made a success, an eightulcer man… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
No man should be allowed to be President who does not understand hogs. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image