Harry S Truman
Harry S Truman
Harry S. Trumanwas the 33rd President of the United States, an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as a United States Senator from Missouriand briefly as Vice Presidentbefore he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945 upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was president during the final months of World War II, making the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Truman was elected in his own right in 1948. He presided...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth8 May 1884
CountryUnited States of America
If you tell Congress everything about the world situation, they get hysterical. If you tell them nothing, they go fishing.
I received a card the other day from Steve Early which said, "Don't Worry Me--I am an 8 Ulcer Man on 4 Ulcer Pay.
We must never forget that this coutry was founded by men who came to these shores to worship God as they pleased. Catholics, Jews, and Protestants, all came here for this great purpose. They did not come here to do as they pleased - but to worship God as they pleased, and that is an important distinction.
Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.
In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.
If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth.
Too many?pass judgement on wartime decisions in the luxury of a peacetime environment.
The way in which you endure that which you must endure is more important than the crisis itself.
If wars in the future are to be prevented the nations must be united in their determination to keep the peace under law.
Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and to enjoy good health. Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness. And the time has now arrived for action to help them attain that opportunity and to help them get that protection.
In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.
Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns.
Canada is a broad land - broad in mind, broad in spirit, and broad in physical expanse.
Once a decision was made, I didn't worry about it afterward...