Quotes by Harry S. Truman

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

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.

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.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

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.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

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

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.

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.