I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases.

Quote by Harry S Truman

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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

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...

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

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...

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President...

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President...

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

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...

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....

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will...

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will...

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage...

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage...