If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The newcomers quickly learned their way about and soon felt at home. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided them, as well as… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
We should resolve now that the health of this nation is a national concern; that financial barriers in the way of attaining… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
There isn't any question about Washington's greatness. If his administration had been a failure, there would have been no United States. A… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Peace is precious to us. It is the way of life we strive for with all the strength and wisdom we possess.… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I want a one-armed economist, that way he cannot say, 'on the other hand'. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The way in which you endure that which you must endure is more important than the crisis itself. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The Russians are liars - you can't trust them. At Potsdam they agreed to everything and broke their word. It's too bad… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
With firm faith in our hearts, to sustain us along the hard road to victory, we will find our way to a… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
When you can't do any housecleaning because everything that goes on is a damned secret, then we're on our way to something… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and… — 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