With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Leo Crowley, Harry [Truman]'s Foreign Economic Administrator, tells Congressmen the theory...: 'If you create good governments in foreign countries, automatically you will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
During his presidency, Truman and the Republicans were locked in a series of furious assaults on each other that outraged him and… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“What turns an honest, good-looking guy like you into a theif?" Scott couldn't help but smirk. "I blame chocolate.” — Geoffrey Knight Copy Share Image
The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, who worked intensely and… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Despite its flaws, the American electoral system has produced Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Harry Truman. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Some of our finest leaders were not intellectuals at all, and I admire them enormously because they weren't. Harry Truman wasn't. — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Recognise that the free world is at war with Putin, and America is the leader of the free world and should build… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I've reached a point in my life where my Truman Show boat has hit the painting. — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Let me tell you, the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat. And every president since,… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
We have got to accept Big Government for the duration-for neither an offensive nor a defensive war can be waged, given our… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
A friend of ours said if the same laws were applied to U.S. Presidents as were applied to the Nazis after WWII,… — Zack de la Rocha Copy Share Image
Like medieval theologians we had a philosophy that explained everything to us in advance, and everything that did not fit could be… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
After World War II there were many Jews who remained in refugee camps...President Harry F. Truman called for the Harrison Commission to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I remember writing 'The One I Can't Have' at the kitchen table. I was looking at a picture of Truman Capote with… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, Hell sit here, and hell say, Do this! Do that! And nothing… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The first election I remember was Dewey Truman in '48. I was, I guess, seven years old. — George Will Copy Share Image
Harper Lee and Truman Capote became friends as next-door neighbors in the late 1920s, when they were about kindergarten age. From the… — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
“When a bill was put before the state legislature in Jefferson City that would have prohibited anyone who owned a saloon from… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Every president inherits difficult problems. George W. Bush inherited eight years of a failed foreign policy and did nothing about the growing… — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had that extraordinary voice and… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
With "Good Night, and Good Luck," I think it's kind of obvious what [Truman Capote]'s getting at there, and the importance of… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
[The rumor that David Cameron maybe once did this unspeakable thing with a pig's head] it was freakish and weird. It seemed… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image