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Politics Quotes by Harry S. Truman
- You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.
- Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.
- A leader has to lead otherwise he has no business in politics.
- He "wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head that's what politics is all about. He was used to…
- The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.
- A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States.
- The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details.
- Why, this fellow doesn't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.
- A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.
- You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.
- 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…
- Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
- A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
- [The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use…
- Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.
- A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics.
- Why, this fellow don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.
- When a leader is in the Democratic party he's a boss; when he's in the Republican party he's a leader
- Whenever a fellow tells me he is bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me
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