Harry S. Truman

But Quantrill and his men were no more bandits than the men on the other side. I've been to reunions of Quantrill's…

— Harry S. Truman

Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there…

— Harry S. Truman

We seek a peaceful world, a prosperous world, a free world, a world of good neighbors, living on terms of equality and…

— Harry S. Truman

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

I do not understand a mind which sees a gracious beneficence in spending money to slay and maim human beings in almost…

— Harry S. Truman

If wars in the future are to be prevented the nations must be united in their determination to keep the peace under…

— Harry S. Truman

No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.

— Harry S. Truman

When we refused to be forced out of Berlin, we demonstrated to the people of Europe that with their cooperation we would…

— Harry S. Truman

You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.

— Harry S. Truman

I suppose that history will remember my term in office as the years when the Cold War began to overshadow our lives.…

— Harry S. Truman

When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless…

— Harry S. Truman

I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell.

— Harry S. Truman

This Nation was established by men who believed in God. ... You will see the evidence of this deep religious faith on…

— Harry S. Truman

It isn't important who is ahead at one time or another, in either an election or a horse race. It's the horse…

— Harry S. Truman

The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.

— Harry S. Truman

In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.

— Harry S. Truman

Today, America has become one of the most powerful forces for good on earth. We must keep it so.

— Harry S. Truman

Canadian-American relations for many years did not develop spontaneously. The example of accord provided by our two countries did not come about…

— Harry S. Truman

I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.

— Harry S. Truman

Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and to enjoy good health. Millions do…

— Harry S. Truman

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal.

— Harry S. Truman

I never sit on a fence. I am either on one side or another.

— Harry S. Truman

Put an underdog on top and it makes no difference whether his name is Russian, Jewish, Negro, Management, Labor, Mormon, or Baptist…

— Harry S. Truman

First of all, it is clear that our efforts in Korea can blunt the will of the Chinese Communists to continue the…

— Harry S. Truman

[T]he guilty as well as the innocent are entitled to due process of law. They are entitled to a fair trial. They…

— Harry S. Truman