Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

Quote by Harry S Truman

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

When a leader is in the Democratic party he's a boss; when he's in the...

When a leader is in the Democratic party he's a boss; when he's in the...

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...

People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo

People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

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...

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...

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

It sure is hell to be president.

It sure is hell to be president.

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...

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

We should choose the right because it is right, and leave consequences with God.

We should choose the right because it is right, and leave consequences with God.

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion