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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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...

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...

I don't give a damn about The Missouri Waltz but I can't say it out...

I don't give a damn about The Missouri Waltz but I can't say it out...

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...

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.

People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo

People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo

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

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

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...

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...

He wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head...

He wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head...

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...

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 you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

A President cannot always be popular.

A President cannot always be popular.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering,...

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering,...

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.

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...

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...