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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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...

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...

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...

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...

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the...

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the...

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

A President cannot always be popular.

A President cannot always be popular.

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the...

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the...

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.