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Harry S. Truman

1884 – 1972 CE

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Quotes by Harry S. Truman (11 quotes)

“When Kansas and Colorado fall out over the waters in the Arkansas River, they don't go to war over it; they go to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the matter is settled in a just and honorable way. There is not a difficulty in the whole world that cannot be settled in exactly the same way in a world court.”

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“You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit.”

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“No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.”

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“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.”

Themes: Moral Freedom

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“No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can be pointed out and corrected.”

Themes: Democracy

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“It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom — the old trickle-down theory.”

Themes: Economics

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“It's an old political trick: 'If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em.'”

Themes: Confusion

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“Socialism is a scare word they have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years.”

Themes: Socialism

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“My choice early 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.”

Themes: Prostitution

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“He's one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.”

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“In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice.”

Themes: Justice

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