Harry S Truman

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

When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

The reward of suffering is experience.

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.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

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

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

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.

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.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

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

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

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