Harry S Truman
Harry S Truman
Harry S. Trumanwas the 33rd President of the United States, an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as a United States Senator from Missouriand briefly as Vice Presidentbefore he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945 upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was president during the final months of World War II, making the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Truman was elected in his own right in 1948. He presided...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth8 May 1884
CountryUnited States of America
The friendless, the weak, the victims of prejudice and public excitement are entitled to the same quality of justice and fair play that the rich, the powerful, the well-connected, and the fellow with pull thinks he can get.
There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you're going to do for people in the future.
Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.
It doesn't matter how big a ranch you own or how many cows you brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather.
An optimist is presented with a problem and sees an opportunity. A pessimist is presented with an opportunity and sees a problem.
It is time that all Americans realized that the place of labor is side by side with the businessman and with the farmer, and not one-degree lower.
We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.
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.
Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.
Justice remains the greatest power on earth. To that tremendous power alone will we submit.
I think one man is just as good as another so long as he's not a n*gger or a Chinaman. Uncle Will says that the Lord made a White man from dust, a n*gger from mud, then He threw up what was left and it came down a Chinaman. He does hate Chinese and Japs. So do I. It is race prejudice, I guess. But I am strongly of the opinion Negroes ought to be in Africa, Yellow men in Asia and White men in Europe and America.
Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.
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.
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.