Quotes from Harry S. Truman
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
- Harry S. Truman
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.
- Harry S. Truman
The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.
- Harry S. Truman
When they told me yesterday what had happened [the death of F. D. Roosevelt], I felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me.
- Harry S. Truman
I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.
- Harry S. Truman
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.
- Harry S. Truman
A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
- Harry S. Truman
How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?
- Harry S. Truman
We must build a new world, a far better world -- one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.
- Harry S. Truman
When a leader is in the Democratic Party he is a boss, and when he is in the Republican Party he is a leader.
- Harry S. Truman
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
- Harry S. Truman
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own.
- Harry S. Truman