Some of the presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
There has been a lot of talk lately about the burdens of the Presidency. Decisions that the President has to make often… — 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
I enjoyed my new position as vice president, but it took me a while to get used to the fact that I… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation. We… — 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
It's tougher to be a football coach than the President of the United States. You've got four years as a president, and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I consider Monroe a pretty minor president. In spite of the Monroe Doctrine. That's the only important thing he ever did more… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
He was a great president in his first term; in his second term, he wasn't the same Grover Cleveland he was to… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I don't feel qualified to be president either, but I've got the job. — 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
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
The legislative job of the President is especially important to the people who have no special representatives to plead their cause before… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I tend to pair up Benjamin Harrison and Dwight Eisenhower because they're the two presidents I can think of who most preferred… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Being President is a little bit like riding a tiger. You have to keep riding, or else you will be swallowed up… — 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
One of the presidents we could have done without.... There are some things I admire about Tyler, but there were also plenty… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed. — 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
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