Harry S. Truman quotes and words of wisdom

"It"s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it"s a depression when you lose your own."
Found in the topic Depression.

"On leaving the White House: If I"d known how much packing I"d have to do, I"d have run again."
Found in the topic President.

"All my life I have fought against prejudice and intolerance."
Found in the topic Prejudice.

"When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship."
Found in the topic Government.

"A statesman is a politician who"s been dead 10 or 15 years."
Found in the topic Statesman.

"If you can"t convince them, confuse them."
Found in the topic Convince.

"The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world."
Found in the topic Responsibility.

"A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States."
Found in the topic Politics.

"Well, I wouldn"t say I was in the "great" class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great."
Found in the topic Birthday.

"A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader."
Found in the topic Democrat.

"I have found that the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want, and then advise them to do it."
Found in the topic Advice.

"Always do right ? it will gratify some people, and astonish the rest."
Found in the topic Astonish.

"Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East."
Found in the topic Atom.

"Being too good is apt to be uninterresting."
Found in the topic Good.

"You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don"t believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can"t possibly foresee now."
Found in the topic Plan.

"The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they"ve had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top."
Found in the topic Business.

"If you can"t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
Found in the topic Courage.

"The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction."
Found in the topic Trust.

"If you can"t convince "em, confuse "em."
Found in the topic Confuse.

"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell."
Found in the topic Hell.

Interesting Quotes

When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news.Charles Anderson Dana

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.George Bernard Shaw - Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)