414 Quotes by Harry S Truman

If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.

If you can't dance then you are a loser.

Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.

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.

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

Doing the right thing is easy. [It is] much more difficult [to...] figure out what [the right thing] is.

To you who answered the call of your country and served in its Armed Forces to bring about the total defeat of the enemy, I extend the heartfelt thanks of a grateful Nation. As one of the Nation's finest, you undertook the most severe task one can be called upon to perform. Because you demonstrated the fortitude, resourcefulness and calm judgment necessary to carry out that task, we now look to you for leadership and example to further exalting our country in peace.

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

I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.