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Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.


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HARRY S TRUMAN Our conference in 1945 did much more than draft an international agreement among 50 nations. [We] se...
HARRY S TRUMAN Don't hate yourself in the morning. Sleep till noon.
HARRY S TRUMAN I'm not insensitive, I just don't care.
HARRY S TRUMAN I have read your lousy review of Margaret's concert. I've come to the conclusion that you are an eig...
HARRY S TRUMAN A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
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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