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Harry S Truman

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Harry S Truman despised settled conventions.
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STROM THURMOND I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build...
JOHN ABIZAID He is highly unpopular, ... because people in our country blame the military for destabilizing civil...
BENAZIR BHUTTO It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN Harry S. Truman had his moods. His birthplace is the only tourist attraction in America where you do...
A. WHITNEY BROWN The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcom...
CHUCK YEAGER More important, it's because God is our only true source of life.
CRAIG GROESCHEL The toll is nine people killed - one civilian driver and eight military personnel - and 36 wounded,
ZAHIR AZIMI If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Ro...
JEFF GREENFIELD When carrying the burden of problems and stress that life seems to endlessly hurtle towards us. We g...
GARY F EVANS... To have hope in an age where hope is very scarce and hurt, jealousy and pain are more prominent is a...
GARY F EVANS... Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy.
F. MULDER Nobody wants to hear that you met Harry Truman... I met Harry Truman... But you know what I mean? No...
JOAN RIVERS The element of time-travel is handled far more intelligent in Harry Potter.
DAVID THEWLIS With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i...
STEVEN STRAIT When I die it will be game over,... but I know one life is short, to be selfish is not the best deci...
DEYTH BANGER Hiding in all the thorns, there is a yellow rose.
BEN OAK I am Happy and satisfied with what I am. 10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will...
NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar...
GARY F EVANS... I just felt from personal observation that there is nothing more dislocated or alienated than a life...
LEE CHILD I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then adv...
HARRY S TRUMAN I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
TED TURNER To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.
THUCYDIDES If you control the media, the government, the police and military, the religions, the education syst...
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Even more so, ... The military is always out to get you. And they're very cruel and heartless — wit...
HARRY HARRISON Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
JEFFREY FRY We're opposed to any employer's policy of discrimination based on sexuality. This is based on our re...
PETER MILLER What is and isn't justified by military necessity is, naturally, open to interpretation. One of ...
SEBASTIAN JUNGER There is a growing unease, but all the folks I talked to support our troops, want us to win in the M...
JIM COOPER The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an o...
ARTHUR GOLDBERG The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an o...
ARTHUR J. GOLDBERG When I don't know where to turn, You always draw me near; when I start to feel alone, I can feel You...
LISA MISCHELLE WOOD If there's one organization in the United States that could work on its communication skills, it...
ADAM DRIVER It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER The Constitution is constant. There's not one elected official who has the power to change it. T...
RUSH LIMBAUGH Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it.
DEYTH BANGER The photo we presented is proof of what we've been saying because it shows military intelligence and...
GUY WOMACK If I'm not thinking about one shit storm, I have to think about another.
KAREN M. MCMANUS Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But i...
LIONEL RICHIE Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is.
MICHAEL KEATON I wish to emphasize that we only target military facilities and take every precaution to avoid civil...
GIUSEPPE MARANI But Truman saved the day. He said, 'It's OK, son, so do I,' ... My claim to fame - I went to the bat...
EVAN BAYH There is BEAUTY in every1, every-thing, every-place.All of life is either LOVE or a call for love. U...
ANGIE KARAN Nonetheless, struggle for civilian supremacy is still perilous and uncertain. (Wahid) is struggling ...
KUSNANTO ANGGORO Nonetheless, struggle for civilian supremacy is still perilous and uncertain, ... (Wahid) is struggl...
KUSNANTO ANGGORO He had more stamina than I will ever have. He came in with Roosevelt in 1932 and served two years un...
HAROLD ICKES Religious freedom is already protected in the United States. It's in our Constitution. It's ...
DANNEL MALLOY I think it's a common misconception in the civilian community that the military community is fil...
ADAM DRIVER Creativity is not the property of artists alone. It's a basic element of the human character, no...
BILL VIOLA There's no way that that our military power will not erode if a robust American economic revival...
JAMES MATTIS It's interesting that there are only two groups of people in our country who are not held accoun...
DEBBIE STABENOW For many of us, it's just one thing standing in our way of completely following Jesus.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Harry Truman, with what he did in dropping and having the guts to drop the bomb in 1944, saved - sav...
BOBBY KNIGHT It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delive...
DAN FLAVIN Despite its flaws, the American electoral system has produced Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Harry...
ROBERT DALLEK Our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in s...
BASMAH BINT SAUD You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ...
SUFJAN STEVENS After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
CHRIS KYLE Life is not all about sticking or stopping your thoughts to old memories but LIFE STARTS when you st...
NEHA KOTHARI Progressivism is the cancer in America and it is eating our Constitution, and it was designed to eat...
GLENN BECK We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is...
CHARLES HUGHES We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is...
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Co...
TOMMY FRANKS You like to claim that you’re in charge of the world, but it’s as if the world hasn’t noticed ...
TRISH MERCER There is one element that is worth it's weight in gold, and that is loyalty. It will cover a mulitiu...
PHILIP ARMOUR We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is...
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is...
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES When Harry Truman threw that bomb, I blessed that guy. We didn't have to go.
HAROLD ROSENBLATT We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution.
CHEN SHUI-BIAN Galileo is made in Europe by Europeans. If the Americans want to scramble GPS, they can do it whenev...
FRANCO BONACINA Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one.
NOW IS GOOD One thing I've always liked about the military is there's a certain amount of pragmatism.
PHIL KLAY I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.
WILLIE NELSON I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell. -Harry Truman.
HARRY TRUMAN We should announce to the entire world that we will provide military and technical aid to Yugoslavia...
ALEXANDER LEBED One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishon...
ADRIAN CRONAUER I never like it when a celebrity goes on Twitter and says, 'This isn't true!' It is what...
HARRY STYLES I used to say that the Constitution is not a living document. It's dead, dead, dead. But I'v...
ANTONIN SCALIA My eyes hurt... but there is something more... I can't stop listening to horror.... now I am going t...
DEYTH BANGER Today A woman is one who tries to bring a man down. A man is one who has to keep that woman in check...
APURVA GAGLANI It is so fascinating that when after a hard stressful day we calm our mind and release the stress fr...
GARY F EVANS... Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to ...
WILLA CATHER Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admir...
ELLIOTT ABRAMS Things don’t have significance: they only have existence.
Things are the only hidden meaning ...
ALBERTO CAEIRO He had also worked as an air traffic controller in both the military and civilian sector.
BRUCE WOODS The Constitution is very similar to a human skeleton. It is the framework upon which government oper...
E. HICKS The constitution should be written in time. It is in our benefit to have one word to agree on,
IBRAHIM JAFARI I'm probably the least harsh on myself, and I try not to scrutinize everything about my body. As...
KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN The president's very right about one thing: When you have a disaster of that scale, whether it b...
WARREN RUDMAN The basic element that will distinguish those that are for godliness from those that are promoting u...
SUNDAY ADELAJA One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is tha...
JIMMY CARTER See the world for what it is.
BEAUTIFUL!
ANTHONY T. HINCKS The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn&#...
MARCO RUBIO I fought for McCain-Feingold because I believed it was not just consistent with the Constitution, it...
JOSEPH LIEBERMAN Some will be there and some will be here. We have civilian and military airplanes from way back to t...
ART AVILES The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the ...
PHILIP K. DICK If this opens up so we have more and more officers speaking up and blaming Rumsfeld and blaming seni...
ANDREW BACEVICH In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element with...
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HARRY S TRUMAN People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo
HARRY S TRUMAN I have never met you but if I do, you'll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and a s...
HARRY S TRUMAN Whenever I make a bum decision, I go out and make another one
HARRY S TRUMAN Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same tim...
HARRY S TRUMAN Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.
HARRY S TRUMAN That precedent should continue-not by a Constitutional amendment but by custom based on the honor of...
HARRY S TRUMAN Start slow and taper off.
HARRY S TRUMAN America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determin...
HARRY S TRUMAN I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representati...
HARRY S TRUMAN If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog
HARRY S TRUMAN Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.
HARRY S TRUMAN All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it
HARRY S TRUMAN Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever a...
HARRY S TRUMAN If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline.
HARRY S TRUMAN I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't...
HARRY S TRUMAN I don't want it torn down. I think it's the greatest monstrosity in America.
HARRY S TRUMAN If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a ...
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