Quotes from Harry S. Truman

This Nation was established by men who believed in God. ... You will see the evidence of this deep religious faith on every hand.

It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief in the right that makes epochs in the history of the world.

The President hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully indeed to hear the one voice that tells him his is not.

Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all!

Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed.

We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

Study men, not historians.

Whenever a man does the best he can, then that is all he can do.

Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice.

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

It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security.

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place.

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.

My early choice in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference.

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

When Kansas and Colorado have a quarrel over the water in the Arkansas River they don't call out the National Guard in each state and go to war over it. They bring a suit in the Supreme Court of the United States and abide by the decision. There isn't a reason in the world why we cannot do that internationally.

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima…. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.

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

I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if He had taken a poll in the land of Israel?