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

Quote by Harry S Truman

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The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House...

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House...

Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics.

A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics.

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.

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one...

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one...

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 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...

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...

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for...

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for...

If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline.

If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline.

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...

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the...

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the...

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...

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

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

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...

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I...

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I...

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the...

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the...