“In effect, Truman had engaged the nation in war by executive action.” — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. — Gerald Clarke Copy Share Image
I went to a little liberal-arts college in Missouri called Truman State University. — Jenna Fischer Copy Share Image
Despite its flaws, the American electoral system has produced Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Harry Truman. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Harry Truman, with what he did in dropping and having the guts to drop the bomb in 1944, saved - saved millions… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. — Gerald Clarke Copy Share Image
Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him. — Rich Little Copy Share Image
Harry Truman proves that old adage that any man can become President of the United States. — Norman Thomas Copy Share Image
[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
We had been frightened of atomic weapons since 1945. In those days I became convinced - and remain convinced now - that,… — Martin Niemoller Copy Share Image
“And there was no entertainment for them at night. They were too poor to own a television set. But they seemed content.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get done what they wanted done. And toward… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I suspect it's because Truman Democrats have been replaced by Gruber Democrats - self-styled elitists who feed lavishly at the public trough… — Jack Kelly Copy Share Image
Truman left in the middle of an unpopular war, a war of choice. Truman didn't have to go into South Korea. And… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
It was immediately apparent that it was full of tricky ingredients to balance. In fact, I found it very intriguing. What held… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
“The future promises us all our very own Truman Shows and when every man and woman is a star the spectacle becomes… — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
Truman fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur because he disobeyed orders in the Korean War. Johnson knew that he had reached the… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
“I made the only decision I ever knew how to make,' Truman famously asserted in one of his carefully scripted reminiscences. What… — James Morrow Copy Share Image
“...some small part of her had reacted to the passion inside him. Despite his role as a titled gentleman, there seemed to… — Brenda Novak 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 job was “a graveyard of politicians” in Washington parlance, traditionally disparaged by the men who held it. The VP before Truman,… — A.J. Baime 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
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
“Roosevelt loved the subtleties of human relations...He was sensitive to nuances in a way that Harry Truman never was and never would… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
There are examples of ex-presidents speaking out. Jimmy Carter has not held back on a variety of issues. Harry Truman didn't. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“HARRY S TRUMAN is one of seventeen presidents who don’t have a middle name.” — David Stabler Copy Share Image
Harry S. Truman had his moods. His birthplace is the only tourist attraction in America where you don't see Japanese with cameras. — A. Whitney Brown Copy Share Image
I would say that President Roosevelt probably was more intimately in touch with the press corps at the White House than President… — Clifton Daniel Copy Share Image
I would like to say that no man ever was given finer cooperation than that given me by President Truman. — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
“If Fric reported what had happened in the attic, Mr. Truman would think that he’d been smoking weed. He would lose whatever” — Dean Koontz 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
For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done. — Ed Harris Copy Share Image
I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's. — Alex Karras 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
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
Nobody wants to hear that you met Harry Truman... I met Harry Truman... But you know what I mean? Nobody's interested. They… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
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