Harry S. Truman
Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.
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.
The White House is the finest prison in the world.
When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.
If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.
Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.
All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency.
Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.
Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.
Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place.
Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.
A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.
Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.
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.
The buck stops here!
The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
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!
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.Collection: Country
An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.Collection: Trust
My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.Collection: Life
Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.Collection: Friendship
I think one man is just as good as another so long as he's not a n*gger or a Chinaman. Uncle Will says that the Lord made a White man from dust, a n*gger from mud, then He threw up what was left and it came down a Chinaman. He does hate Chinese and Japs. So do I. It is race prejudice, I guess. But I am strongly of the opinion Negroes ought to be in Africa, Yellow men in Asia and White men in Europe and America.Collection: Uncles
If you can't beat 'em, confuse 'em.Collection: Ems
Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.Collection: Political
Imperfect action beats perfect inaction every time.Collection: Perfect
I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.Collection: Freedom
The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.Collection: History
Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.Collection: Atheism
The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount…If we don’t have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody except the State.Collection: Believe
A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.Collection: Leadership
If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.Collection: Funny
Without a strong educational system — free of government control — democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only the key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom.Collection: Strong
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.Collection: Leadership
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.Collection: Happiness
Any story worth telling is worth exaggerating.Collection: Stories
I wonder how many times you have to be hit on the head before you find out who's hitting you? It's about time that the people of America realized what the Republicans have been doing to them.Collection: America
There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.Collection: War
It doesn't matter how big a ranch you own or how many cows you brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather.Collection: Humility
Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.Collection: Country
A society will be judged by how it treats its weakest membersCollection: Treats
The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.Collection: Believe
Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of human stupidities.Collection: Religious
He "wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head that's what politics is all about. He was used to getting his ass kissed."Collection: Presidential
I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is every American's guarantee of freedom.Collection: Rights
Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the timeCollection: Real
If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will abolish us from the earth.Collection: War