Harry S. Truman Short Quotes

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Partisanship should stop at the water's edge.

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Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

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If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

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To me, party platforms are contracts with the people.

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Some of my best friends never agree with me politically.

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What do you mean "helped create"? I am Cyrus. I am Cyrus.

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I'm going to fight hard, and I'm going to give them hell.

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People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo.

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We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.

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I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.

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Once a decision was made, I did not worry about it afterward.

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The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.

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In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.

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Whenever a man does the best he can, then that is all he can do.

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Whenever the press quits abusing me, I know I'm in the wrong pew.

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The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.

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Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

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Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

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I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.

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The Republican Party either corrupts its liberals or it expels them.

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There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

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About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well.

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

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The only thing you have to worry about is bad luck. I never had bad luck.

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Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.

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I never gave anybody hell. I just told the truth and they think it's hell.

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

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I was the only calm one in the house. You see I've been shot at by experts.

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Effective, reciprocal, and enforceable safeguards acceptable to all nations.

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Andrew Johnson wasn't too bad, but he was overwhelmed by a hostile Congress.

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