Mr. Gore, I knew Harry Truman, ... I ran against Harry Truman. And Mr. Gore, you are no Harry Truman.


Strom Thurmond

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I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell. -Harry Truman.
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I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then adv...
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I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, H...
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It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
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[The most effective president, he told Forbes magazine 11 months ago, was Harry Truman, because] eve...
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I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.
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It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
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Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only on...
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A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes oppo...
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All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing an...
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How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?.
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There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to live happily, and to be at peace with h...
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It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
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Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.
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We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in...
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You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog!
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I doubt if there is any problem in the world today - social, political or economic - that would not ...
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The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount…If we don’t have a...
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The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.
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Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.
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Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You rem...
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The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.
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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.
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Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand fo...
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Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.
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It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.
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Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.
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A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Ser...
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The Truman Show,
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Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admir...
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Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.
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Blimey,” said the other twin. “Are you — ?” “He is,” said the first twin. “Aren’t yo...
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Barack Obama is not Harry Truman, who dropped the A-bomb on Japan to stop World War II. Barack Obama...
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We didn’t give it to him because he’s a Muggle!” said Fred indignantly. “No, we gave it to h...
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Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer.
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Truman Capote is really an interesting cat.
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Third - to Mr. Harry Potter,' said Dumbledore. The room went deadly quiet. '...for pure nerve and ou...
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It's a movie about the author, Truman Capote,
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Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.
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No one remembers how the American people responded day-to-day, week-to-week, or month-to-month about...
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He put Harry’s wand back into its box and wrapped it in brown paper, still muttering, “Curious ....
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We support President Truman's civil rights program.
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Truman University was also ranked No. 8 in the Midwest among all private and public institutions.
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My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere.
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I went to a little liberal-arts college in Missouri called Truman State University.
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Truman got some of the lowest poll numbers any president ever got. Now when we look back on Truman, ...
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We need to tell the whole Truman story in Independence.
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The actor was perfect. He really had Truman down. I thought the entire movie was excellent. Truman h...
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I'm actually following the advice that Tom Dewey (who lost the 1948 presidential election to Harry T...
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But Dobby shouted, "You shall not harm Harry Potter! ... He got up, face livid, and pulled out his w...
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When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it.
TRENT LOTT
For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.
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I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.
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Before In Cold Blood , Truman was a normal, if ambitious, person,
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Uncle Vernon rounded on Harry. “And you?”
“I’ll be in my bedroom, making no nois...
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Will Truman will be on my epitaph, but as an actor, I have to challenge myself.
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The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.
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If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
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The buck stops here!
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Ive said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representativ...
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People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo.
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They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation....
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I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a ...
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The Buck Stops Here
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Shortly after I was elected, in Nineteen Hundred and Forty-eight, I made up my mind that I would not...
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Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they thr...
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The legislative job of the President is especially important to the people who have no special repre...
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Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.
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Im proud that Im a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a poli...
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On May 14 I was informed that the Provisional Government of Israel was planning to proclaim a Jewish...
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A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.
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Whenever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
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You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cann...
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Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
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It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.
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