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
We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives - but in what we do for others
There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.
I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.
I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.
Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed.
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.
There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you're going to do for people in the future.
If I want to be great, I have to win the victory over myself...self-d iscipline.
A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.