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
Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.
We are profoundly grateful for the blessings bestowed upon us: the preservation of our freedom, so dearly bought and so highly prized; our opportunities for human welfare and happiness, so limitless in their scope; our material prosperity, so far surpassing that of earlier years; and our private spiritual blessings, so deeply cherished by all. For these we offer fervent thanks to God.
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We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God
We should resolve now that the health of this nation is a national concern; that financial barriers in the way of attaining health shall be removed; that the health of all it's citizens deserves the help of all the nation.
How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?
We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
The 'C' students run the world.
I said that an expert was a fella who was afraid to learn anything new because then he wouldn't be an expert anymore.
The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.
Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.
I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases.
About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well.