Quotes from Harry S. Truman

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal.

If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.

Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

I am proud of my part in the creation of this new state. Our Government was the first to recognize the State of Israel.

The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.

The only new thing is history we don't know.

I can always get along with an honest friend.

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

There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.

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

I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.

I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.

We seek a peaceful world, a prosperous world, a free world, a world of good neighbors, living on terms of equality and mutual respect, as Canada and the United States have lived for generations.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

A man who is influenced by the polls or is afraid to make decisions which make him unpopular is not a man to represent the welfare of the country.

When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader.

Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided.

I said that an expert was a fella who was afraid to learn anything new because then he wouldn't be an expert anymore.

In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.

Human life is something that comes to us from beyond this world, and the purpose of our society is to cherish it and to enable the individual to attain the highest achievement of which he is capable

Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.

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

The greatest honor that has come to me, and that can ever come to me in my life, is to be Grand Master of Masons in Missouri.

A society will be judged by how it treats its weakest members