414 Quotes by Harry S Truman

We have found that it is easier for men to die together on the field of battle than it is for them to live together at home in peace.

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.

This is a Christian nation.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

I fear we are too much concerned with material things to remember that our real strength lies in spiritual values.

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.

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.

No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.