If I hadn’t been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house. – Harry S Truman
Any man who has had the job I’ve had and didn’t have a sense of humor wouldn’t still be here. – Harry S Truman
Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice. – Harry S Truman
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break. – Harry S Truman
The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. – Harry S Truman
In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity. – Harry S Truman
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. – Harry S Truman
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. – Harry S Truman
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. – Harry S Truman
The atom bomb was no ‘great decision.’ It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. – Harry S Truman
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. – Harry S Truman
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
When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn’t for you. It’s for the Presidency. – Harry S Truman
I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here. – Harry S Truman
