Top 71 Quotes & Sayings by Harry S Truman - Page 2
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Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.
Study men, not historians.
Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
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.
Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.
Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.
If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.
Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.