If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.

Quote by Harry S Truman

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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.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president...

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president...

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

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...

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...

To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches...

To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches...

Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

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.

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...

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 do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today...

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today...

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...

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...

Study men, not historians.

Study men, not historians.

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.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one...

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one...

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war...

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war...

A President cannot always be popular.

A President cannot always be popular.