Harry S. Truman Quotes

We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God.

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.

...I won't sell influence and I'm perfectly willing to be cussed if I'm right.

Your old friend Congressman Hartley of the Taft Hartley team ... has written a book ... The title of this book is Our New National Labor Policy, the Taft-Hartley Act and the Next Steps. Get that: "The Next Steps" ... They're going even further! ... The Republicans favor a minimum wage — the smaller the minimum the better.

The buck stops here!

I’ll come back to George Washington just long enough to say goodbye to him. He was a great man and a good man, and when his work was over as our great first president, he went back home to Virginia for his long-earned rest. Just three years later, on December 14, 1799, at the age of sixty-seven, he went to his final rest.

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

"some smart alecs of those days after World War I used to say: "The French fought for liberty, the British fought to control the seas, but the Americans fought for souvenirs.

I had faith in Israel before it was established; I have faith in it now.

إنني لم أعكر صفو حياتهم أبدا، إنني فقط أخبرهم بالحقيقة .. فيرونها جحيماً !!”
(هاري ترومان)

A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.

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

Believe and you're halfway there.

You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.

I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign.