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It isn't important who is ahead at one time or another, in either an election or a horse race.
It's the horse that comes in first at the finish that counts


Harry S Truman

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HARRY S TRUMAN The 'C' students run the world.
HARRY S TRUMAN When a leader is in the Democratic party he's a boss; when he's in the Republican party he's a leade...
HARRY S TRUMAN My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating -...
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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