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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People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo

People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo

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...

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...

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...

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and...

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Why, this fellow don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

Why, this fellow don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.

I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one...

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one...

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

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,...

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...

A President cannot always be popular.

A President cannot always be popular.

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...

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it.. These are...

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it.. These are...

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an...

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an...