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
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.
I don't want this office, this responsibility, any longer, even if you want me. Find the strongest and most able and God bless you. Good-bye.
No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.
The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world.
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
I have never met you but if I do, you'll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and a supporter below
When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties
A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics.
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.
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.
Nixon is a shifty-eyed goddamn liar. . . . .He's one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides
Leadership is the art to have people do something they dislike, and have them enjoy it
That precedent should continue-not by a Constitutional amendment but by custom based on the honor of the man in the office.