Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Harry Truman Quotes Click here for Harry Truman books Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman "The buck stops here!" "The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world." "I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." "It isn't important who is ahead at one time or another in either an election or horse race. It's the horse that comes in first at the finish line that counts." "A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years." "I never gave anybody hell. I just told the truth and they think it's hell." "The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing of civilians." "If Japan does not surrender, bombs will have to be dropped on her war industries and, unfortunately, thousands of civilian lives will be lost. I urge Japanese civilians to leave industrial cities immediately, and save themselves from destruction." "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." "The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know." "All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway." |
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