367 Quotes by Harry S. Truman

Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.

The absence of war is not peace.

One of the difficulties with all our institutions is the fact that we’ve emphasized the reward instead of the service.

I think there is an immense shortage of Christian charity among so-called Christians.

Republicans don’t like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You remember the old saying: Don’t talk about rope in the house where somebody has been hanged.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.

I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.