Harry Truman quotes

Those who resorted to wars to inflict their kind of Christianity upon other faiths or
denominations did not really understand Christianity.
Harry Truman

There are more prima donnas per square foot in public life here in Washington than in all the
opera companies ever to exist.
Harry Truman

I'd rather have lasting peace in the world than be president. I wish for peace, I work for
peace, and I pray for peace continually.
Harry Truman

Politics - good politics - is public service. There is no life or occupation in which a man can
find a greater opportunity to serve his community or country.
Harry Truman

I don't like divorces because I think that when you make a contract, you should keep it. The
marriage contract is one of the most sacred in the world.
Harry Truman

Wherever you find a crooked politician, you'll find a crooked businessman behind him.
Harry Truman

Not all readers become leaders. But all leaders must be readers.
Harry Truman

The CIA was set up by me for the sole purpose of getting all the available information to the
president. It was not intended to operate as an international agency engaged in strange
activities.
Harry Truman

You can't be mentally fit unless you're physically fit.
Harry Truman

Our tribal instinct has not been eliminated by science and invention. We, as individuals,
haven't caught up physically or ethically with the atomic age. Will we?
Harry Truman

I'm not a scholar. I know I read the wrong books, but I read a lot, and I suppose I got some
good ones now and then.
Harry Truman

All my life I've been relatively free from worry, and maybe that's the best formula for long life.
Harry Truman

Education is one thing that can't be taken away from you. Nobody can rob you of your
education, because that is in your head; that is, if you have any head and are capable of
holding it.
Harry Truman

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over
themselves and their carnal urges. Self-discipline with all of them came first.
Harry Truman 

I would much rather be an honorable public servant and known as such than to be the
richest man in the world.
Harry Truman

It was the same with those old birds in Greece and Rome as it is now. The only thing new is
the history you don't know.
Harry Truman

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