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

Quote by Harry S Truman

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I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House...

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House...

A President cannot always be popular.

A President cannot always be popular.

I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was...

I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was...

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo

People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo

This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.

This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Why, this fellow don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

Why, this fellow don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

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...

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 only thing new in this world is the history that you don't know

The only thing new in this world is the history that you don't know

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and...

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and...

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find...

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find...

I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has...

I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has...

Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the...

Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the...

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I...

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I...

Lena's hair was sticking out in about fifteen directions, and her eyes were all small...

Lena's hair was sticking out in about fifteen directions, and her eyes were all small...