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Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#his #job #lose #loses #neighbor

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#amend #believe #big #big enough #enough

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#anything #doing #president

I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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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

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

— Harry S. Truman

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Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility. ↗

— Dalton Trumbo

#citizen #democracy #dishonesty #enough #every