Harry S. Truman
We must help to the limits of our strength. And we will.Collection: Limits
We fully realize today that victory in war requires a mighty united effort. Certainly, victory in peace calls for, and must receive, an equal effort. Man has learned long ago, that it is impossible to live unto himself. This same basic principle applies today to nations. We were not isolated during the war. We dare not now become isolated in peace.Collection: War
When a High Explosive shell bursts in fifteen feet and does you no damage, you can bet your sweet life you bear a charmed life and no mistake.Collection: Sweet
We seek a peaceful world, a prosperous world, a free world, a world of good neighbors, living on terms of equality and mutual respect, as Canada and the United States have lived for generations.Collection: Presidential
Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you.Collection: Inspirational Life
The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.Collection: Government
Men make history, not the other way around.Collection: Business
I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.Collection: Believe
We can never tell what is in store for us.Collection: Stores
One of the presidents we could have done without.... There are some things I admire about Tyler, but there were also plenty of things that weren't so admirable.... The reason I have a certain amount of grudging respect for John Tyler is that he knew his own mind and stuck to his decisions.Collection: Decision
If you want to get elected, shake hands with 25, 000 people between and November 7.Collection: Hands
May we Americans all live up to our glorious heritage.Collection: Heritage
I like riding a bicycle built for two--by myself.Collection: Two
It's tougher to be a football coach than the President of the United States. You've got four years as a president, and they guard you. A football coach doesn't have anyone to protect him when things go wrong.Collection: Football
Canada and the United States have reached the point where we no longer think of each other as 'foreign' countries. We think of each other as friends, as peaceful and cooperative neighbors on a spacious and fruitful continent.Collection: Country
...as soon as the war was over, they had to justify what was done.Collection: War
Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.Collection: Children
I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a program; you have to be for something. Otherwise, you will never get anywhere.Collection: Believe
We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives - but in what we do for othersCollection: Religious
The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul.Collection: Bible
Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they throw bricks at meIm a pretty good shot myself and I usually throw em back at em.Collection: Mind
When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true.Collection: Hiroshima And Nagasaki
The human race has reached a turning point. Man has opened the secrets of nature and mastered new powers. If he uses them wisely, he can reach new heights of civilization. If he uses them foolishly, they may destroy him. Man must create the moral and legal framework for the world which will insure that his new powers are used for good and not for evil.Collection: Men
Herbert Hoover once ran on the slogan, 'Two cars in every garage'. Apparently, the Republican candidate this year is running on the slogan, 'Two families in every garage'.Collection: Running
Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal.Collection: Government
We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.Collection: Strong
When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, Hell sit here, and hell say, Do this! Do that! And nothing will happen. Poor Ikeit wont be a bit like the Army. Hell find it very frustrating.Collection: Army
How do you live a long life? "Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast."Collection: Morning
My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating - and he knows when to stop working.Collection: Horse
Why, this fellow doesn't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.Collection: Sunday
I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.Collection: Morning
If you want to live like a Republican, you've got to vote for a Democrat.Collection: Want
I said that an expert was a fella who was afraid to learn anything new because then he wouldn't be an expert anymore.Collection: Learning
The friendless, the weak, the victims of prejudice and public excitement are entitled to the same quality of justice and fair play that the rich, the powerful, the well-connected, and the fellow with pull thinks he can get.Collection: Powerful
About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well.Collection: Mean
Democracy maintains that government is established for the benefit of the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the rights of the individual and his freedom in the exercise of his abilities. Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice.Collection: Responsibility
No man should be allowed to be President who does not understand hogs.Collection: Men
Some of my best friends never agree with me politically.Collection: My Best Friend
It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot.Collection: Destiny
Such an atmosphere is un-American, the most un-American thing we have to contend with today. It is the climate of a totalitarian country in which scientists are expected to change their theories to match changes in the police state's propaganda line.Collection: Country
The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details.Collection: People
The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way.Collection: Thinking
The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against us.Collection: War
Human life is something that comes to us from beyond this world, and the purpose of our society is to cherish it and to enable the individual to attain the highest achievement of which he is capableCollection: Achievement
Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.Collection: Business
If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible.Collection: Winning
Divine Providence has played a great part in our history. I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose. It is not given to us to know fully what that purpose is, but I think we may be sure of one thing, and that is that our country is intended to do all it can, in cooperating with other nations to help created peace and preserve peace in the world. It is given to defend the spiritual values-the moral code-against the vast forces of evil that seek to destroy them.Collection: Spiritual
The Republican party still helps the rich and sticks a knife in the back of the poor.Collection: Party