414 Quotes by Harry S Truman

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.

The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount…If we don’t have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody except the State.

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

I consider Monroe a pretty minor president. In spite of the Monroe Doctrine. That's the only important thing he ever did more or less on his own, when you really get down to it.

Everybody is headed for the same place, and they are headed on the same train, and under the same engineer.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were political enemies, but they became fast friends. And when they passed away on the same day, the last words of one of them was, The country is safe. Jefferson still lives. And the last words of the other was, John Adams will see that things go forward.

Without a strong educational system democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom.

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided.