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
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, not merely the brotherhood of white men but the brotherhood of all men before law.
When you can't do any housecleaning because everything that goes on is a damned secret, then we're on our way to something the Founding Fathers didn't have in mind. Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.
If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.
We worship money instead of honour.
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.
Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness.
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.
I fear we are too much concerned with material things to remember that our real strength lies in spiritual values.
Democracy maintains that government is established for the benefit of the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the rights of the individual and his freedom in the exercise of his abilities. Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice.
Whenever the press quits abusing me, I know I'm in the wrong pew.
It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief in the right that makes epochs in the history of the world.
I don't feel qualified to be president either, but I've got the job.
Leadership is getting people to do things that they don't want to do.