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All Quotes by author - Harry S Truman

" A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants. "

" Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny. "

" A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. "

" All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. "

" All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. "

" Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. "

" America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. "

" Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here. "

" A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. "

" A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years. "

" A President cannot always be popular. "

" A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment. "

" A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it. "

" Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art. "

" Being too good is apt to be uninteresting. "

" Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything. "

" Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice. "

" I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount. "

" If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again. "

" If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house. "

" If you can't convince them, confuse them. "

" If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. "

" I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization. "

" 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. "

" I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases. "

" I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. "

" I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. "

" In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity. "

" In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. "

" Intense feeling too often obscures the truth. "

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