Harry S. Truman

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

- Harry S. Truman

"“Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.”"

- Harry S. Truman

"America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."

- 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.”"

- Harry S. Truman

"I’ve learned that asking your kids what they want and then advising them to go after it is the best way to give them advice."

- Harry S. Truman

"If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen."

- Harry S. Truman

"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."

- Harry S. Truman

"It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit."

- Harry S. Truman

"Achieving great results becomes possible when you focus on collective success instead of individual recognition."

- Harry S. Truman

"It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."

- Harry S. Truman

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."

- Harry S. Truman

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

- Harry S. Truman

"In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better."

- Harry S. Truman

"Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers."

- Harry S. Truman

"Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better."

- Harry S. Truman

"America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination."

- Harry S. Truman

"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

- Harry S. Truman

"Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices."

- Harry S. Truman

"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."

- Harry S. Truman

"The scientific discoveries and experiments of Dr. Carver have done more to alleviate the one-crop agricultural system in the South than any other thing that has been done in the history of the United States."

- Harry S. Truman

"The White House is the finest prison in the world."

- Harry S. Truman

"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell."

- Harry S. Truman

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

- Harry S. Truman