Quotes by Harry Truman

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”

“I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.”

“You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog!”

“Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.”

“Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.”

“The fundamental basis of this nations laws was given to Moses on the MountIf we dont have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not...”

“Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.”

“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a so...”

“Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American home--but not for housing. They are strong for labor--but they are str...”

“The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.”

“In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.”

“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.”

“Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You remember the old saying: Don't talk about rope in the house where somebody has been hanged.”

“Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and to enjoy good health. Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness....”

“There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.”

“Poor Ike. He'll say do this and do that and nothing at all will happen.”

“We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives - but in what we do for others”

“The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.”

“Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.”

“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”