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 Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
Harry Truman proves that old adage that any man can become President of the United States. — Norman Thomas Copy Share Image
Eisenhower was a pretty peace-oriented president. Truman was a pretty hawkish. I would argue, if we had more time, I would argue… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
[ New York ] is a place that worships incompetence particularly if it's combined with energy and paranoid self-confidence. Only in a… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats. — Tennessee Williams 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I suspect it's because Truman Democrats have been replaced by Gruber Democrats - self-styled elitists who feed lavishly at the public trough… — Jack Kelly Copy Share Image
Every president learns on the job because nobody`s really prepared for the kind of decisions that cross your desk every day. No… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
To wake up one morning and feel that I was a last a grown-up person, emptied of resentment, vengeful thoughts and other… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
In the first weeks after Hiroshima, extravagant statements by President Truman and other official spokesmen for the U.S. government transformed the inception… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
President Obama's Justice Department won less than half of its total cases before the Supreme Court, which is the lowest presidential win… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor… — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
Bipartisanship on behalf of an imprudent policy can be folly, just as partisanship on behalf of a just cause can be wise.… — James M. Lindsay Copy Share Image
Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, others, knew how to lead. They knew how to ask the American people for the right things. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman,… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers. — Kiran Desai Copy Share Image
All the other members of the U.N. were admitted, at the outset or subsequently, but Israel was created by the U.N. as… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of what Harry Truman turned out to be in office and the record he made. Certainly I think he'll… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
If Truman hadn't published 'Answered Prayers' in parts, he'd have had the drive to finish it. The peacocks took it away from… — Jack Dunphy Copy Share Image
I've worked with 10 presidents. It's a record. I worked with Republicans and Democrats. All of them when it came to Israel… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's… — Theodore C. Sorensen Copy Share Image
I'm a true reactionary. Like all patricians, I'd like to restore the original republic, which we lost 40 years ago when Harry… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
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