A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Quote by Harry S Truman

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A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one...

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one...

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the...

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one...

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one...

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I...

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I...

I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who...

I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who...

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president...

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president...

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...

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will...

If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will...

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...

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...

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...

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob