I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.

Quote by Harry S Truman

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The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its...

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its...

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...

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find...

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find...

If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline.

If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline.

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

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 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.

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...

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides...

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides...

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...

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...

My heart is a gypsy - continuously searching for a home, fighting within itself, wondering...

My heart is a gypsy - continuously searching for a home, fighting within itself, wondering...

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Contrary to what you've just seen, war is neither...

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Contrary to what you've just seen, war is neither...