Quotes from Harry S. Truman

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.

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.

There is no more fundamental axiom of American freedom than the familiar statement: In a free country we punish men for the crimes they commit but never for the opinions they have.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

All of you, I am sure, have heard many cries about Government interference with business and about "creeping socialism." I should like to remind the gentlemen who make these complaints that if events had been allowed to continue as they were going prior to March 4, 1933, most of them would have no businesses left for the Government or for anyone else to interfere with — and almost surely we would have socialism in this country, real socialism.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

A society will be judged by how it treats its weakest members

This Nation was established by men who believed in God. ... You will see the evidence of this deep religious faith on every hand.

'Sartor Resartus' is simply unreadable, and for me that always sort of spoils a book.

I shall continue to do what I think is right, whether anybody likes it or not.