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 Copy Share Image
If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house. — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
We're going to be buried out here. I like the idea because I may just want to get up some day and stroll into… — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past. — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
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! — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open,… — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we… — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend. — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all. — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about… — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
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… — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years. — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice. — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
