Harry Truman

"I do not believe there is any starving because of lack of money in this country, it is all politics."

"You know that being an American is more than a right; it is a duty."

"I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise."

"The philosophy behind the Fair Deal is, after all, the same philosophy that goes all the way back through the years."

"If a man is responsible for his country, he must think of the future and not of the past."

"A president either is responsible for what happens in this country or he isn't."

"The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness."

"I have always believed that a man should do his duty."

"If you're looking for perfect love and a soulmate, that's an illusion."

"Prayer has been the greatest source of strength in my life."

"Study men, not historians."

"The convention of world wars beginning with great conspicuous events is all wrong."

"I've always been fond of the old proverb that says when you get to be President, you discover that the President hasn't the power."

"I don't believe I've ever had a real vision. I just figure out what needs doing and do it."

"The United States never lost a soldier or a foot of territory in a war we didn't want."

"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you."

"The real handicap of deafness is not the loss of ears, but it is the loss of the chance to hear the talk and the gossip and the reasoning of the men around you."

"I never sat down to play cards with a man until I saw the back of his hands."

"My father was not a failure. After all, he kept telling me I was born to be President."

"People do not want words – they want the continual confidence of action."

"It sure is hell to be President of the most powerful nation in the world and be forced to stand by and watch a country go Communistic due to the decision of the President of the United States."

"Once a decision was made, I did not worry about it afterward."

"We have the greatest Constitution in the world, and we are not going to change it."

"Every President needs to have his Roscoe – somebody who can tell him to go to hell."

"I have tried my best to give the nation everything I have in me."

"Thinking is hard work. One can't bear TV and think."

"The people are the bosses, and if they want a change, we have to make a change."

"I have faith in the people. We must have faith in ourselves."

"The human animal cannot be trusted for anything whatsoever. Everything he or she does is either diseased or democratic."

"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'present' or 'not guilty.'"