Harry S. Truman

“The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.”

“There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.”

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

“The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.”

“You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.”

“Study men, not historians.”

“It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.”

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

“A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.”

“You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.”

“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.”

“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.”

“All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.”

“It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.”

“I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.”

“I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.”