Government Quote by Harry S Truman

“A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.”

Harry S Truman

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A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years

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We're going to be buried out here. I like the idea because I may just want to get up some day and stroll into…

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Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

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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!

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We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open,…

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Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

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It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we…

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Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

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It sure is hell to be president.

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I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

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The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

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You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about…

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