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May the sun never set on American baseball.

May the sun never set on American baseball.

Harry S. Truman
Baseball, Sun, May

I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes.

Harry S. Truman
War, Believe, Destiny
Address to joint session of Congress, 12 Mar. 1947

The only thing you have to worry about is bad luck. I never had bad luck.

Harry S. Truman
Worry, Luck, Bad Luck
1950 After an assassination attempt, 1 Nov.

The only new thing is history we don't know.

Harry S. Truman
Knows, New Things

The United States, which would live on Christian principles with all of the peoples of the world, cannot omit a fair deal for its own Indian citizens.

Harry S. Truman
Christian, Citizens, World

The world has experienced a revival of an old faith in the everlasting moral force of justice. At no time in history has there been a more important Conference, or a more necessary meeting, than this one in San Francisco, which you are opening today.

Harry S. Truman
San Francisco, Justice, Important
United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1961). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

Harry S. Truman
Liars, Kissing, Men
Letter to his sister, 14 Nov. 1947, in Off the Record: the Private Papers of Harry S. Truman (1980) p. 119

The America to which these Swedish settlers came was a land that needed the hardy qualities they brought. It was not a land that was particularly softhearted towards newcomers, but everyone believed that each should have a fair chance regardless of his origin.

Harry S. Truman
Should Have, Land, America
United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1964). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

Canada's eminent position today is a tribute to the patience, tolerance, and strength of character of her people, of both French and British strains. For Canada is enriched by the heritage of France as well as of Britain, and Quebec has imparted the vitality and spirit of France itself to Canada. Canada's notable achievement of national unity and progress through accommodation, moderation and forbearance can be studied with profit by her sister nations.

Harry S. Truman
Character, People, Achievement
United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1963). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

Within the first few months I discovered that being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed. The fantastically crowded nine months of 1945 taught me that a President either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt I could let up for a single moment.

Harry S. Truman
Single Mom, Men, President
Harry S. Truman (1956). “Years of trial and hope”

I don't want this office, this responsibility, any longer, even if you want me. Find the strongest and most able and God bless you. Good-bye.

Harry S. Truman
Goodbye, Responsibility, Office
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

He wanted to know what assurance we could give the American people that we aren't getting the tar licked out of us by the North Korean army. It has never happened to us. It won't happen this time.

Harry S. Truman
War, Army, People
United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1961). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.

Harry S. Truman
Soldier, Politics, Politician
Harry S. Truman (2014). “1945: Year of Decision”, p.317, New Word City

Once a decision was made, I didn't worry about it afterward.

Harry S. Truman
Worry, Decision, Made

Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all!

Harry S. Truman
Mistake, Men, Vices
"Harry S. Truman in his own words".

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

Harry S. Truman
Learning, Historical, World
Quoted in William Hillman, Mr. President (1952)

I never sit on a fence. I am either on one side or another.

Harry S. Truman
Sides, Fence
Harry S. Truman (1967). “The Quotable Harry S. Truman”, Anderson, S.C. : Droke House, distributed by Grosset & Dunlap

Study men, not historians.

Harry S. Truman
Men, Study, Historian
Harry S. Truman, Robert H. Ferrell (1997). “Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman”, p.187, University of Missouri Press

Despite his unimpressive appearance and manner, he was a brilliant fellow with a crystal-clear mind.... It was just that, when it came time for him to act like an executive, he was like a great many other people; when the time comes to make decisions, they have difficulty doing it.

Harry S. Truman
People, Decision, Mind

Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice.

Harry S. Truman
Men, Justice, Intellectual
Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1949

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

Harry S. Truman
Art, Criticism, Constructive Criticism

I believe in the brotherhood of man, not merely the brotherhood of white men but the brotherhood of all men before law.

Harry S. Truman
Believe, Men, White Man
Harry S. Truman (1945). “Addresses and statements of Harry S. Truman: a topical record from January, 1935 to April, 1945 ...”

The Russians are liars - you can't trust them. At Potsdam they agreed to everything and broke their word. It's too bad the second world power is like this, but that's the way it is, and we must keep our strength.

Harry S. Truman
Liars, World, Way
"The Memoirs of Richard Nixon". Book by Richard Nixon, 1978.

For reasons of national security and out of consideration for some people still alive I have omitted certain material. Some of this material cannot be made available for many years, perhaps for many generations.

Harry S. Truman
Years, People, Generations
Harry S. Truman (2014). “1945: Year of Decision”, p.6, New Word City

In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.

Harry S. Truman
Children, Views, Long