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

Quote by Harry S Truman

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My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or...

My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or...

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

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

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

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...

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...

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick....

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick....

I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively...

I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively...

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of...

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of...

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...

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

The reward of suffering is experience.

The reward of suffering is experience.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

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...

In my Sunday School class there was a beautiful little girl with golden curls. I...

In my Sunday School class there was a beautiful little girl with golden curls. I...

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.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it...

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it...

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...

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be...

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...