Top 71 Quotes by Harry S Truman

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.

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.

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.

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction.

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.

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.