Top 71 Quotes by Harry S Truman

In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.

Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.

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.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

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

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.