He wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head that's what politics is all about. He was used to getting his ass kissed.

Quote by Harry S Truman

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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 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

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a...

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a...

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one....

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one....

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...

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...

Study men, not historians.

Study men, not historians.

Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

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

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...

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

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...

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...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

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

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

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.

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...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.