Harry S Truman

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.

Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

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

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.

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

A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.

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

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.

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

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

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

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

It sure is hell to be president.

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.

Study men, not historians.

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

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

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.