A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years

Quote by Harry S Truman

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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...

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 reward of suffering is experience.

The reward of suffering is experience.

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...

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...

A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.

A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.

A President cannot always be popular.

A President cannot always be popular.

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

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,...

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won...

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won...

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...

It sure is hell to be president.

It sure is hell to be president.

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...

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.

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...

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been...

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been...

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...

How hurtful it can be to deny one's true self and live a life of...

How hurtful it can be to deny one's true self and live a life of...

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for...

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for...