Harry Truman

"The state of the Union rests in the hands of the electorate."

"I've always believed that a person is smart. It's people that are dumb."

"We shall never know all the good that a simple smile and a kind word can accomplish."

"No one can duplicate what you do because you have your own unique perspective."

"Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me."

"It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours."

"The most important thing is to keep in touch with the people, to let them know what you're doing."

"I went to war so that future generations would not have to."

"I'm not worried about my popularity. I'm worried about the country."

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

"I never apologize to anyone. I might make mistakes, but I don't apologize."

"The buck never stops moving, but eventually it comes back to you."

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

"A President cannot escape being considered as a representative of the American people."

"I told him where he got off and he didn't like it a bit."

"The only way a man can fail is to give up."

"Men make history, and not the other way around."

"I've always thought that restraint and courtesy are never wasted on anybody."

"The future is made of the same stuff as the present."

"A good friend is a rare commodity."

"I never made decisions on my own, I always consulted with the people I trusted."

"The debt we owe to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid."

"You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook."

"I never believed in inheritance of position in this country."

"Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand through every section of this country of ours."

"I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody."

"The only way to handle an honestly made mistake is to acknowledge it, correct it, and profit by it."

"Being too good is apt to be unforgiving."

"I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do."

"It is impossible to stop the march of history."