367 Quotes by Harry S. Truman

The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.

There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.

I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.

Some of the presidents were great and some of them weren’t. I can say that, because I wasn’t one of the great presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one, I can tell you that.

We have to get tough with the Russians. They don’t know how to behave. They are like bulls in a china shop. They are only 25 years old. We are over 100 and the British are centuries older. We have got to teach them how to behave.

The President is always abused. If he isn’t, he isn’t doing anything.

All through history it’s the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall.

When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, Hell sit here, and hell say, Do this! Do that! And nothing will happen. Poor Ikeit wont be a bit like the Army. Hell find it very frustrating.

Any man who has had the job I’ve had and didn’t have a sense of humor wouldn’t still be here.