Harry S. Truman Quote

No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can be pointed out and corrected.


Speech to a joint session of the US Congress (12 March 1947), outlining what became known as The Truman Doctrine


No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can ...

No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can ...

No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can ...

No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can ...