You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.

Quote by Harry S Truman

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

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

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like...

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like...

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.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and...

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and...

The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the...

The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the...

I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder...

I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder...

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...

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 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 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.

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.

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...

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

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 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...

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...

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...

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.