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

Quote by Harry S Truman

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The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought...

The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought...

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

The buck stops here!

The buck stops here!

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

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.

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...

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...

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...

In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any...

In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any...

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.

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...

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...

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

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.

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...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them.

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them.

Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that...

Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community...

A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community...