Harry S. Truman

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#convince #old #plain #political #time

The reward of suffering is experience. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#reward #suffering

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. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#across #boundaries #causes #communication #fear

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#gun #honors #presidency #president #remember

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#efficient #government #you

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#bipartisan #fellow #going #i #know

A President cannot always be popular. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#cannot #popular #president

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#even #mean #sincere #you

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

— Harry S. Truman

#did #give #hell #i #just

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#dead #government #man #politician #statesman