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
Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time
I think one man is just as good as another so long as he's not a n*gger or a Chinaman. Uncle Will says that the Lord made a White man from dust, a n*gger from mud, then He threw up what was left and it came down a Chinaman. He does hate Chinese and Japs. So do I. It is race prejudice, I guess. But I am strongly of the opinion Negroes ought to be in Africa, Yellow men in Asia and White men in Europe and America.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.
The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount…If we don’t have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody except the State.
Without a strong educational system democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom.
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.
If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline.
I fear that machines are several centuries ahead of the mortals.
I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do and like it
If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog
The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moseson the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comesfrom the teachings...of Isaiah and St. Paul. I don't think weemphasize that enough these days.
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.