Harry Truman quotes

I can always get along with an honest man.
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

To be president of the United States is to be lonely, very lonely at times of great
decisions.
Harry Truman

The Russians are tough bargainers and always ask for the whole earth, expecting maybe
to get an acre.
Harry Truman

No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it
was built by all nations.
Harry Truman

It is true that I did not always react pleasantly to criticism - or derisive comments - but
I never for a moment questioned the right of anyone to do so.
Harry Truman

Children nowadays have too many gadgets to fool with and not enough chores.
Harry Truman

I am inclined to attribute my good health, and that of my family, primarily to our outlook
on life, and to our philosophical approach to other people and to ourselves.
Harry Truman

There are probably hundreds of people better qualified than I am to be president, but
they weren't elected.
Harry Truman

Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of
human stupidities.
Harry Truman

The United States was created by the boys and girls who could not get along at home.
Harry Truman