Harry S. Truman
Have fired 500 rounds at the Germans, at my command, been shelled, didn't run away thank the Lord and never lost a man. Probably shouldn't have told you but you'll not worry any more if you know I'm in it than if you think I am. Have had the most strenuous work of my life, am very tired but otherwise absolutely in good condition physically mentally and morally.Collection: Running
The United States is not so strong, the final triumph of the democratic ideal is not so inevitable that we can ignore what the world thinks of us or our record.Collection: Strong
I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell.Collection: War
When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint - understand what he is trying to do - nine times out of ten he is trying to do right.Collection: Trying
Believe and you're halfway there.Collection: Believe
He'll sit there are he'll say "Do this! Do that!" and nothing will happen. Poor Ike - it won't be a bit like the army.Collection: Peace
I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.Collection: Believe
In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war.Collection: War
In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.Collection: Change
I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now.Collection: Israel
It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of our profound belief, but merely as curiosities in glass cases.Collection: Glasses
As you get older, you get tired of doing the same things over and over again, so you think Christmas has changed. It hasn't. It's you who has changed.Collection: Tired
Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.Collection: Art
May the sun never set on American baseball.Collection: Baseball
The only thing you have to worry about is bad luck. I never had bad luck.Collection: Worry
The only new thing is history we don't know.Collection: Knows
The United States, which would live on Christian principles with all of the peoples of the world, cannot omit a fair deal for its own Indian citizens.Collection: Christian
The Marshall Plan will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world.Collection: Peace
Everybody is headed for the same place, and they are headed on the same train, and under the same engineer.Collection: Engineers
I can always get along with an honest friend.Collection: Honesty
If you can't stand the heat, then move to Minnesota. They have snow in May.Collection: Moving
Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.Collection: Country
Never, never waste a minute on regret. It's a waste of time.Collection: Regret
If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace.Collection: War
First of all, it is clear that our efforts in Korea can blunt the will of the Chinese Communists to continue the struggle. The United Nations forces have put up a tremendous fight in Korea and have inflicted very heavy casualties on the enemy. Our forces are stronger now than they have been before. These are plain facts which may discourage the Chinese Communists from continuing their attack.Collection: Struggle
The attack upon Korea was an outright breach of the peace and a violation of the Charter of the United Nations. By their actions in Korea, Communist leaders have demonstrated their contempt for the basic moral principles on which the United Nations is founded. This is a direct challenge to the efforts of the free nations to build the kind of world in which men can live in freedom and peace.Collection: Men
The true foundation of the brotherhood of humankind is belief in the knowledge that God is the Father of humankind. For us, therefore, brotherhood is not only a generous impulse but also a divine command.Collection: Father
There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you're going to do for people in the future.Collection: Gratitude
I tend to pair up Benjamin Harrison and Dwight Eisenhower because they're the two presidents I can think of who most preferred laziness to labor.... There's not much else you can say about Harrison except that he was president of the United States.Collection: Thinking
No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.Collection: Family
Some of the presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one, I can tell you that.Collection: Time
I'm the ultimately responsible person in this organization. Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can't pass the buck to anyone else.Collection: Organization
The absence of war is not peace.Collection: War
This is the first time in my experience... that I ever heard of a Senator trying to discredit his own Government before the world.... Your telegram is not only not true and an insolent approach to a situation that should have been worked out between man and man - but it shows conclusively that you are not even fit to have a hand in the operation of the Government of the United States.Collection: War
Whenever the press quits abusing me, I know I'm in the wrong pew.Collection: Quitting
If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth.Collection: Lying
I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.Collection: Adversity
If you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen.Collection: Kitchen
We must earn the peace we seek just as we earned victory in the war, not by wishful thinking but by realistic effort. At no time in our history has unity among our people been so vital as it is at the present time. Unity of purpose, unity of effort, and unity of spirit are essential to accomplish the task before us.Collection: War
We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of GodCollection: Believe