I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.

Quote by Harry S Truman

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It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick....

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick....

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...

If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up...

If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up...

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...

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

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

People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo

People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the...

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the...

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an...

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an...

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is...

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is...

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.

I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the...

I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the...

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...

The reward of suffering is experience.

The reward of suffering is experience.

I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get...

I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get...

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...

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose...

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose...

I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively...

I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively...

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the...

The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the...

Study men, not historians.

Study men, not historians.