367 Quotes by Harry S. Truman

Give me a one-handed Economist. All my economists say ‘on hand... ’, then ’but on the other...

The America to which these Swedish settlers came was a land that needed the hardy qualities they brought. It was not a land that was particularly softhearted towards newcomers, but everyone believed that each should have a fair chance regardless of his origin.

Ignorance and its hand-maidens, prejudice, intolerance, suspicion of our fellowman, breed dictators and breed wars.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.

The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against us.

As you get older, you get tired of doing the same things over and over again, so you think Christmas has changed. It hasn’t. It’s you who has changed.

It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of our profound belief, but merely as curiosities in glass cases.

I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.