Harry S. Truman

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1 Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) 2 Sourced 3 Attributed 4 External link

Harry S. Truman (1884–1972)

33rd President of the United States (1945-1953).

Sourced

• " If we see that Germany is winning, we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way we let them kill as many as possible."
  • Source: New York Times, June 24, 1941

• "They are wrong and we are right and I'm going to prove it to you!"
  • Source: Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention, 1948, speaking about Republicans

• "Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship."
  • Source: Lecture at Columbia University, 28 Apr. 1959

Attributed

• "A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years."

• "Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it."

• "I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

• "I never gave anybody hell. I just told the truth and the Republicans thought it was hell."

• "If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em."

• "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

• "Intense feeling too often obscures the truth."

• "It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours."

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

• "My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference."

• "The buck stops here."

• "Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me."

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