Truman Quotes

72 quotes by 61 authors

My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere. — Jim Carrey
It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes,… — Jim Carrey
My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman. — Jimmy Carter
Bipartisanship on behalf of an imprudent policy can be folly, just as partisanship on behalf of a just cause can be wise. What is clear… — James M. Lindsay
Foreign policy of a pluralistic democracy like the United States should be based on bipartisanship because bipartisanship is the means and the framework for formulating… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done. — Ed Harris
I've reached a point in my life where my Truman Show boat has hit the painting. — Kanye West
Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of. — Stephen Ambrose
Harry Truman once said, 'There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect their interests, and… — John F. Kennedy
We have got to accept Big Government for the duration-for neither an offensive nor a defensive war can be waged, given our present government skills,… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn. — Lord Mountbatten
I am the heterosexual Truman Capote. — Joseph Epstein
I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's. — Alex Karras
I suspect it's because Truman Democrats have been replaced by Gruber Democrats - self-styled elitists who feed lavishly at the public trough and think government… — Jack Kelly
That was the principle of reparations to which President Truman agreed at Potsdam. And the United States will not agree to the taking from Germany… — James F. Byrnes
My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman. — George Plimpton
Leo Crowley, Harry [Truman]'s Foreign Economic Administrator, tells Congressmen the theory...: 'If you create good governments in foreign countries, automatically you will have better markets… — E L Doctorow
If there had been any formidable body of cannibals in the country, Harry Truman would have promised to provide them with free missionaries fattened at… — H. L. Mencken
When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, Hell sit here, and hell say, Do this! Do that! And nothing will happen. Poor… — Harry S. Truman
The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, who worked intensely and humorlessly as President,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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