Harry S. Truman Quotes - Page 11

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• We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God

  Harry S. Truman

  Believe, Men, Maturity

  Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1949

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• I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.

  Harry S. Truman

  Adversity, Gave Up, Setback

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• If you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen.

  Harry S. Truman

  Kitchen, Heat, Ifs

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• We must earn the peace we seek just as we earned victory in the war, not by wishful thinking but by realistic effort. At no time in our history has unity among our people been so vital as it is at the present time. Unity of purpose, unity of effort, and unity of spirit are essential to accomplish the task before us.

  Harry S. Truman

  War, Thinking, People

  "Special Message to the Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. March 17, 1948.

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• We have found that it is easier for men to die together on the field of battle than it is for them to live together at home in peace.

  Harry S. Truman

  Home, Men, Battle

  United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1962). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

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• Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.

  Harry S. Truman

  Country, Men, Bravery

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• Have fired 500 rounds at the Germans, at my command, been shelled, didn't run away thank the Lord and never lost a man. Probably shouldn't have told you but you'll not worry any more if you know I'm in it than if you think I am. Have had the most strenuous work of my life, am very tired but otherwise absolutely in good condition physically mentally and morally.

  Harry S. Truman

  Running, Tired, Men

  Letter to Bess Wallace, September 8, 1918.

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• The United States is not so strong, the final triumph of the democratic ideal is not so inevitable that we can ignore what the world thinks of us or our record.

  Harry S. Truman

  Strong, Thinking, Democratic Ideals

  Harry S. Truman (1960). “Freedom and equality, addresses”

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• My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

  Harry S. Truman

  Father, Failure, 4th Of July

  Harry S. Truman (1966). “Good old Harry: the wit and wisdom of Harry S. Truman”

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• I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell.

  Harry S. Truman

  War, Smart, Honest

  Harry S. Truman, Robert H. Ferrell (1997). “Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman”, p.53, University of Missouri Press

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• When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint - understand what he is trying to do - nine times out of ten he is trying to do right.

  Harry S. Truman

  Trying, Viewpoints, Nine

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• Believe and you're halfway there.

  Harry S. Truman

  Believe, Halfway There, Halfway

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• He'll sit there are he'll say "Do this! Do that!" and nothing will happen. Poor Ike - it won't be a bit like the army.

  Harry S. Truman

  Peace, War, Army

  Harry S. Truman, Ralph Keyes (1995). “Wit and wisdom of Harry Truman”, Harpercollins

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• This government has been informed that a Jewish state has been proclaimed in Palestine, and recognition has been requested by the provisional government thereof. The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.

  Harry S. Truman

  Government, Israel, Presidential

  Statement, 14 May 1948

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• In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war.

  Harry S. Truman

  War, Korea, Trying

  Harry S. Truman, Howard B. Furer, United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman) (1970). “Harry S. Truman, 1884- : chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.

  Harry S. Truman

  Believe, Support, Pressure

  Address to joint session of Congress, 12 Mar. 1947

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• In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.

  Harry S. Truman

  Change, Leadership, Future Leaders

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• In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.

  Harry S. Truman

  Children, Views, Long

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• 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.

  Harry S. Truman

  War, Years, Bulls

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

  Harry S. Truman

  Israel, Presidential, Mind Blowing

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• 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.

  Harry S. Truman

  Glasses, Expression, America

  United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1966). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

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• 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.

  Harry S. Truman

  Tired, Thinking, Changed

  Harry S. Truman (1995). “The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

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

  Harry S. Truman

  Art, Government, Games

  Harry S. Truman, Ralph Keyes (1995). “Wit and wisdom of Harry Truman”, Harpercollins

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• The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.

  Harry S. Truman

  Freedom, Independence, Lasting Love

  The Truman Doctrine, delivered 12 March 1947 before a Joint Session of Congress

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• Put an underdog on top and it makes no difference whether his name is Russian, Jewish, Negro, Management, Labor, Mormon, or Baptist he goes haywire. I've found very, very few who remember their past condition when prosperity comes.

  Harry S. Truman

  Past, Names, Differences

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