414 Quotes by Harry S Truman

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place.

I can always get along with an honest friend.

It is time that all Americans realized that the place of labor is side by side with the businessman and with the farmer, and not one-degree lower.

Whenever the press quits abusing me, I know I'm in the wrong pew.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

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.

Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.

It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief in the right that makes epochs in the history of the world.

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.