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

Quote by Harry S Truman

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Whenever I make a bum decision, I go out and make another one

Whenever I make a bum decision, I go out and make another one

The best way to give advise to your children is to find out what they...

The best way to give advise to your children is to find out what they...

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one...

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one...

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or...

My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or...

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of...

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of...

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like...

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

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

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

Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no...

Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no...

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its...

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its...

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

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

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought...

The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought...

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.

Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.