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" A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants. "
Harry S Truman
Who
Some
Republican
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" The White House is the finest prison in the world. "
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" 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. "
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You
" Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place. "
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Place
" You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now. "
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" When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. "
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Dictatorship
Government
You
" If you can't convince them, confuse them. "
Harry S Truman
You
Communication
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" All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. "
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Life
Decision
Forget
" You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on. "
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" The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. "
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United
Possible
" Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought. "
Harry S Truman
Depends
Books
Thought
" Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. "
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Even
Always
" Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art. "
Harry S Truman
Parasitic
Art
Criticism
" The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. "
Harry S Truman
Powerful
Righteousness
Great
" Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny. "
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Fate
Actions
Grow
" 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. "
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History
Leadership
Change
" If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. "
Harry S Truman
Stand
Get
Heat
" Intense feeling too often obscures the truth. "
Harry S Truman
Truth
Too
Often
" You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible. "
Harry S Truman
Stuck
Impossible
Best
" Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice. "
Harry S Truman
War
How
Experience
" In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity. "
Harry S Truman
Too Much
Years
Man
" 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. "
Harry S Truman
Get Together
Together
Desire
" When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril. "
Harry S Truman
Mouth
Wrong
Done
" It sure is hell to be president. "
Harry S Truman
Hell
President
Sure
" My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States. "
Harry S Truman
He
United
Father
" Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. "
Harry S Truman
Me
Vote
Know
" Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great. "
Harry S Truman
Class
Say
Well
" It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. "
Harry S Truman
Peace
Work
Differences
" Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in. "
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Mouth
Time
Truth
" Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past. "
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Roots
Problems
Past
" It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. "
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Lose
Job
Depression