When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency.

Quote by Harry S Truman

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The best way to give advise to your children is to find out what they...

The best way to give advise to your children is to find out what they...

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

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

The buck stops here!

The buck stops here!

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...

A President cannot always be popular.

A President cannot always be popular.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

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.

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 know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents...

You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents...

If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will...

If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will...

The reward of suffering is experience.

The reward of suffering is experience.

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 a person desires to understand clearly the sacred books and scriptural texts of India,...

If a person desires to understand clearly the sacred books and scriptural texts of India,...

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The...

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The...