Quotes from Harry S. Truman

I received a card the other day from Steve Early which said, "Don't Worry Me--I am an 8 Ulcer Man on 4 Ulcer Pay.

A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States.

A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.

Men make history. History does not make the man.

Men make history, not the other way around.

No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.

I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is every American's guarantee of freedom.

The Marshall Plan will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to live happily, and to be at peace with his neighbors.

We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.

With firm faith in our hearts, to sustain us along the hard road to victory, we will find our way to a secure peace, for the ultimate benefit of all humanity.

We have found that it is easier for men to die together on the field of battle than it is for them to live together at home in peace.

My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating - and he knows when to stop working.

Why, this fellow doesn't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

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

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now.

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

A leader has to lead otherwise he has no business in politics.

This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.

Without a strong educational system — free of government control — democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only the key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom.

This is a Christian nation.

All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.