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Political Quotes by Harry S. Truman
- Of course I believe in free enterprise but in my system of free enterprise, the democratic principle is that there never was, never has been,…
- It sure is hell to be president.
- This generation, raised on "Eyewitness News," conditioned by the instant replay, and spared the illumination that comes from tedious historical study, tends to be even…
- I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or…
- The Jews, I find, are very, very selfish. They care not how many Estonians, Latvians, Finns, Poles, Yugoslavs or Greeks get murdered or mistreated as…
- When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then…
- A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.
- If you can't convince them, confuse them.
- You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.
- Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they…
- Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.
- All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what…
- A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.
- It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.
- The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.
- The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
- A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
- Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
- I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!
- You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans…
- If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.
- A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
- This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.
- I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next…
- Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.
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