Advertising
Without ...advertising, information...would take years to reach all of us
who might benefit by it and progress would be delayed.
Harry S. Truman
Source:Advertising Mag, 1984
Advice
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you.
Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apolgize for
anything.
Harry S. Truman
Source:Advice to Hubert Humphrey, NY Times, Sep 20, 1964
"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 Truman
Source:http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20050606/LIVING/506040321/1004
Allies
"Our allies are the millions who hunger and thirst
after righteousness". 6-7-47
America
"America was not built on fear. America was built
on courage, on imagination and unbeatable
determination to do the job at hand."
1-8-1947
"You know that being an American is more than a
matter of where you or your parents came from.
It is a belief that all men are created free and
equal and that everyone deserves an even break.
It is a respect for the dignity of men and women
without reguard to race, creed, or color.
That is our creed." 10-26-1948
"We must build a new world, a far better world --
one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected."
"We have this America not because we are of a
particular faith, not because our ancestors
sailed from a particular foreign port. We
have our America because of our common aspiration
to remain free and our determined purpose to
achieve for ourselves, and for our children, a
more abundant life in keeping with our
highest ideals." 12-15-50
Army
It is not the martinets that make an army work; it's
the morale that the leaders put into the men that
makes an army work.
Harry S. Truman
Source:Speech Oct 24, 1950
Atomic Bomb
"There is at least one defense against the atomic
bomb. That defence lies in our mastering this
science of human relationships all over the world.
It is the defense of tolerance and of understanding,
of intelligence and thoughtfulness." 5-11-1946
"We have offered to surrender the most powerful
thing we have under our control, if the world will
come in and set up a control of that weapon which
will prevent its use for the destruction of mankind."
4-6-1949
"Having found the bomb we have used it. We have
used it against those who attacked us without
warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have
starved and beaten and executed American prisoners
of war, against those who have abandoned all pretense
of obeying international laws of warfare. We have
used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in
order to save the lives of thousands and thousands
of young Americans. We will continue to use it
until we completely destroy Japan's power to make
war. Only a Japanese surrender will stop us."
"When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as
a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true."
Harry S. Truman
Source:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/
archive/2005/06/19/INGK0D94001.DTL
"I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he'd
taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ
have preached if he'd had taken a poll in Israel?
Where would the Reformation have gone if Martin
Luther had taken a poll? It isn't polls or public
opinion of the moment that counts. It is right
and wrong and leadership--- men with fortitude
and honesty, and a belief in the right that
makes epochs in the history of the world".
1945
Ballot
It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds
the destiny of America.
It's the hand that casts the ballot."
Harry S. Truman
Bill Of Rights
"The basis for our Bill of Rights comes from the
teachings we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from
Isaiah and St. Paul. I don't think we can emphasize
that enough these days. If we don't have a proper
founded moral background, we will finally end up
with a government, which does not believe in rights
for anybody except the state."
HST
source:http://www.southernillinoisan.com/rednews/
2004/06/05/build/opinions/OPI003.html
"Now listen to this one. This malicious propaganda
has gone so far that on the Fourth of July, over
in Madison, Wisconsin, people were afraid to say
that they believed in the Declaration of Independence.
A hundred and twelve people were asked to
sign a petition that contained nothing except
quotations from the Declaration of Independence
and the Bill of Rights. One humdred and eleven
of those people refused to sign that paper--
many of them because they were afraid that it was
some kind of subversive document and that they
would lose their jobs or be called Communist.
Can you imagine finding 111 people in the
capital of Wisconsin that didn't know what the
Declartion of Independence and Bill of Rights
provided? I can't imagine it."
7-29-1951
Bipartisans
"I don't like bipartisans. Whenever a fellow tells
me he's bipartisan, I know that he's going to
vote against me." 1-21-1962
Campaigns
"In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not
to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so,
it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines." 1948
"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".
1948
C.I.A.
"I never would have agreed to the formulation of the
Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven,
if I had known it would become the American Gestapo."
Harry S. Truman, 33rd US President
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Harry.Truman.Quote.B224
Cold War
"I Suppose that history will remember my term in
office as the years when the Cold War began to
overshadow our lives. I have hardly a day in office
that has not been dominated by this all-embracing
struggle. And always in the background there has
been the atomic bomb. But when history says that
my term of office saw the begining of the Cold War,
it will also say that in those eight years we have
set the course that can win it."
"The Soviet Union does not have to attack the
United States to secure domination of the world.
It can achieve its ends by isolating us and
swallowing up all our allies."
Confuse 'Em
If you can't beat 'em, confuse 'em
Harry S. Truman
Source:Attributed
Credit
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do
not care who gets the credit."
Decisions
"All my life, whenever it comes time to make a
decision, I make it and forget about it."
"Whenever I make a bum decision,
I go out and make another one."
Democratic Government
"Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix."
Democrats Vs Republicians
The Republicans believe that the power of
government should be used first of all to
help the rich and the privileged in the
country. With them, property, wealth, comes
first. The Democrats believe that the power
of government should be used to give the
common man more protection and a chance to
make a living. With us the people come first.
'A Government as Good As Its People'
pg 163
Economy
It's a recession when your neighbor loses
his job, it's a depression when you lose
your own.
Harry S. Truman
Ethics
A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics.
The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical
codes anybody needs.
Harry S. Truman
Source:Remarks, july 10, 1958
Facts
"We must have strong minds,
ready to accept facts as they are."
Fear
"When even one American - who has done nothing wrong --
is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth,
then all of Americans are in peril."
Feelings
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
Harry S. Truman
Source: Speech, Oct 19, 1948
Fence
I never sit on a fence. I am either on one side or another.
Harry S. Truman
Source: Speech, Oct 30, 1948
Fighting Words
About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well.
Harry S. Truman
SourceLSpeech, May 10, 1950
Global Affairs
The seeds of totalitarian regimes are
nurtured by misery and want. They
spread and grow in the evil soil of
proverty and strife. They reach their
full growth when the hope of a people
for a better life has died. We must
keep hope alive.
Harry S. Truman, 'The Truman Doctrine'
3/12/1947
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 declare 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 can't do that internationally.
Truman, 4/1945
Gluttons of Privilege
“We are fighting with all our strength to prevent the
gluttons of privilege from swallowing the country.”
Harry S. Truman 1948
Source:http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/
angelides-gluttons-of-privilege-rule/content?oid=5104572
Government
"When you have an efficient government,
you have a dictatorship."
Harry S. Truman
Health Care
We should resolve now that the health of
this nation is a national concern; that
financial barriers in the way of attaining health
shall be removed; that the health of all it's
citizens deserves the help of all the nation.
Harry S. Truman
Heat
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen".
Hell
I never gave them hell, I just tell the
truth and they think it's hell.
Truman, 1956
History
"The only thing new in the world is the history you
don't know".
Labor
The nation's labor force is its most
productive asset.
Harry S. Truman
It is time that all Americans realized
that the place of labor is side by side
with the businessman and with the farmer,
and not one degree lower.
Harry S. Truman
Law
It is futile to seek safety beyond
geographical barriers. Real
security will be found only in the law
and in justice.
Truman, addressing the nation upon
the death of FDR.
Leadership
"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."
We don't propose, like some people, to
meet todays problems by saying that they
don't exist, and tomorrow's problems by
wishing that tomorrow wouldn't come.
Harry S. Truman
Marital Relations
A man not honorable in his marital relations is not
usually honorable in any other.
Harry S. Truman
Source:CNN
Medicare
"Millions of our citizens do not now have a full
measure of opportunity to achieve and to enjoy
good health. Millions do not now have protection
or security against the economic effects of
sickness. And the time has now arrived for
action to help them attain that opportunity and
to help them get that protection."
Moral Background
"If we don't have the proper fundamental moral
background, we will finally wind up with a
totalitarian government which does not
believe in rights for anybody."
Harry S. Truman
Source:http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?
BRD=326&dept_id=449009&newsid=
14839646&PAG=461&rfi=9
Nation
"In the long view, no nation is healthier than its children."
Harry S. Truman
Source:http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/13/4259736/
raising-a-healthier-generation.html
National Defense
"It's a lot better to have a strong national
defense than a balanced budget." 2-17-1957
Nixon
"Richard Nixon is a no good , lying bastard.
He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the
same time, and if he ever caught himself
telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in."
Plans
"You can always amend a big plan,
but you can never expand a little one.
I don't believe in little plans.
I believe in plans big enough to meet a
situation which we can't possibly
foresee now."
Politics
Why, this fellow don't know any more about
politics than a pig knows about Sunday.
Harry S. Truman
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/harry_s_truman.html
"The good word politics,' which really means the
science of government, has been abused in our time,
and has been given a definition meaning dishonest
management to win an election for a party or a
candidate.' The use of the latter definition by
newspapers and those who like to turn their noses
up at everyday people has obscured the real
meaning of the word politics.' A politician is a
man who is interested in good government. . . .
I would risk my reputation and my fortune with a
professional politician sooner than I would with
the banker or the businessman or the publisher of
a daily paper! More young men and young women
should fit themselves for politics and government."
Harry S. Truman
Source:http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/history/truman.asp
Political Parties
To me, party platforms are contracts with
the people.
Harry S. Truman Memoirs, 1955
Pray
"Boys, if you ever pray, pray for me now.
I don't know whether you fellows ever had a load
of hay fall on you, but when they told me yesterday
what had happened, I felt like the moon and
stars and all the planets had fallen on me."
4-13-1945 The day after FDR died
President's Job Description
"The buck stops here."
"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."
Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't
have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.
“When you get to be president, there are the honors, the 21-gun salutes,
all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you.
It's for the presidency.”
Harry S. Truman
Source:http://posttrib.suntimes.com/lifestyles/10050360-423/
what-is-the-way-to-play-the-honors.html
Problems
"Racial and religious oppression - big business
domination - inflation - these forces must be
stopped and driven back while there is yet time." 10-25-48
"Most of the problems a president has to face
have their roots in the past."
Religious Principles
"We must remember that the test of our religious
principles lies not just in what we say, not only
in our prayers, not even in living blameless
lives - but in what we do for others" 9-28-1951
Republicans
Republicans approve of the American farmer,
but they are willing to help him go broke.
They stand four-square for the American home--
but not for housing. They are strong for labor--
but they are stronger for restricting labor's
rights. They favor minimum wage--the smaller the
minimum wage the better. They endorse educational
opportunity for all--but they won't spend
money for teachers or for schools. They think
modern medical care and hospitals are fine--
for people who can afford them. They consider
electrical power a great blessing--but only when
the private power companies get their rake-off.
They think American standard of living is a fine
thing--so long as it doesn't spread to all the
people. And they admire of Government of the
United States so much that they would like to
buy it.
Harry S. Truman
Sincerity
"Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it."
Silence
"When even one American -- who has done nothing wrong
-- is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his
mouth, then all Americans are in peril."
Supreme Court
"whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court,
he ceases to be your friend."
Harry S. Truman
Source:http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/598748.html
Zachary Taylor
He became an expert at doing nothing.
Harry S. Truman
Source:More Plain Speaking
