367 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.

Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I’ll show you a crook.

The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way.

The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details.

When the decision is up before you-and on my desk I have a motto which says “The buck stops here”-the decision has to be made.

Our efforts have brought new hope to all mankind. We have beaten back despair and defeatism. We have saved a number of countries from losing their liberty. Hundreds of millions of people all over the world now agree with us, that we need not have war-that we can have peace.

When even one American – who has done nothing wrong – is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth – then all Americans are in peril.

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.

No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.