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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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...

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

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

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...

It sure is hell to be president.

It sure is hell to be president.

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a...

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

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...

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.

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...

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

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.

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...

To be a great president, you have to have a war. All the great presidents...

To be a great president, you have to have a war. All the great presidents...

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...