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" Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past. "
Harry S Truman
Roots
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" A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it. "
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" Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice. "
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" The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. "
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" Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here. "
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" When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. "
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" 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. "
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" The buck stops here! "
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" I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. "
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" The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all. "
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" A President cannot always be popular. "
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" You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog. "
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" A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. "
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" The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction. "
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" Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny. "
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" 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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" It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work. "
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" 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. "
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" The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. "
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" Study men, not historians. "
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" Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination. "
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" Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend. "
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" Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought. "
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" The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything. "
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He
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" 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. "
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" America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. "
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