367 Quotes by Harry S. Truman


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    I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases.

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    Why, this fellow doesn’t know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

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    It’s not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It’s the hand that casts the ballot.

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    There shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.

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    An optimist is presented with a problem and sees an opportunity. A pessimist is presented with an opportunity and sees a problem.

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    We should resolve now that the health of this nation is a national concern; that financial barriers in the way of attaining health shall be removed; that the health of all it’s citizens deserves the help of all the nation.

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    There is a lure in power. It can get into a man’s blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.

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