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
The Russians are liars - you can't trust them. At Potsdam they agreed to everything and broke their word. It's too bad the second world power is like this, but that's the way it is, and we must keep our strength.
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.
We are trying to prevent a third world war.
You members of this Conference are to be the architects of the better world. In your hands rests our future.
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.
Human life is something that comes to us from beyond this world, and the purpose of our society is to cherish it and to enable the individual to attain the highest achievement of which he is capable
The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against us.
The White House is the finest prison in the world.
The atomic bomb is too dangerous to be loose in a lawless world.
If you tell Congress everything about the world situation, they get hysterical. If you tell them nothing, they go fishing.
For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become an operational and at times a policy making arm of the government.
The Marshall Plan will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world.
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.