Harry Truman

"In my opinion, eight years as President is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve."

"I believe that luck is the residue of design."

"The basic ideas in the Constitution are as old as the human race."

"If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a brothel."

"The two-party system prevents the dictatorship of either party."

"I have always felt it is my duty to try to work for peace in the world."

"The Constitution is a wonderful document to live under, but it is mighty hard to explain."

"Everything in the White House is a disappointment."

"I would rather have a man of ability than a yes-man."

"I am not a great man. My only merit is that I've never cheated anyone."

"You want to know the truth about my health? It's fine. I'm still standing."

"The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall."

"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out."

"I have always thought that as long as you keep your faith in humanity, you are not beaten."

"The only thing that matters is what happens when you're in that chair."

"My father was not a failure. He was just a man ahead of his times."

"I've gotten where I am by changing my mind."

"A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a calm man to understand the calm."

"I have always been fond of the West, but I was a Southerner."

"The function of a President is to make decisions. You can't make decisions without hurting people."

"I don't care what they say about me as long as they don't say I'm crazy."

"The only way to handle a bully is to stand up to him."

"I never thought being President would be easy. I just didn't know how hard it would be."

"We are not made by our circumstances; we are made by our response to our circumstances."

"I'm a farmer's son, and farming is honest work."

"The greatest asset of any nation is its people."

"A mother's love is the most powerful force in the universe."

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

"I would rather be right than be President."

"The most necessary action is sometimes the most unpopular one."