Quotes from Harry S. Truman
Most of the time most people know the right thing to do ...its the doing of it that gives them trouble
- Harry S. Truman
I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!
- Harry S. Truman
Some of the presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one, I can tell you that.
- Harry S. Truman
I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.
- Harry S. Truman
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.
- Harry S. Truman
Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns.
- Harry S. Truman
Never, never waste a minute on regret. It's a waste of time.
- Harry S. Truman
I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases.
- Harry S. Truman
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.
- Harry S. Truman
The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
- Harry S. Truman
The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.
- Harry S. Truman
'Sartor Resartus' is simply unreadable, and for me that always sort of spoils a book.
- Harry S. Truman