367 Quotes by Harry S. Truman

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

I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

We can all pray. We all should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of Gods will. We should ask for courage, wisdom, for the quietness of soul which comes alone to them who place their lives in His hands.

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now.

For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become an operational and at times a policy making arm of the government.

Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.