Harry S Truman

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.

I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.