Quotes by Harry S. Truman

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

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.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

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.

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.

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.

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.