Top 71 Quotes by Harry S Truman

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.

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.

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

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.

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

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.

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.