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If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military.

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military.

Harry S. Truman
Military, Political, Elements
Harry S. Truman (1956). “Memoirs”

The atomic bomb is too dangerous to be loose in a lawless world.

Harry S. Truman
Bombs, World, Atomic Bomb
Radio Report on the Potsdam Conference, delivered 9 August 1945, White House, Washington, D.C.

No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.

Harry S. Truman
Family, Mom, Mother
Harry S. Truman (1995). “The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the many Protestant denominations, the Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church do not seek to destroy one another in physical violence just because they do not interpret every verse of the Bible in exactly the same way. Here we now have the freedom of all religions, and I hope that never again will we have a repetition of religious bigotry, as we have had in certain periods of our own history. There is no room for that kind of foolishness here.

Harry S. Truman
Country, Religious, Civilization

We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.

Harry S. Truman
Respect, Peace, Men
Harry S. Truman (2014). “1945: Year of Decision”, p.118, New Word City

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

Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima. . . . The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.

Harry S. Truman
War, Airplane, Hiroshima And Nagasaki
Statement on first use of atomic bomb in combat, 6 Aug. 1945

Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You remember the old saying: Don't talk about rope in the house where somebody has been hanged.

Harry S. Truman
People, House, Rope
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”

This is a Christian nation.

Harry S. Truman
Bible, God, Christian
Harry S. Truman, Pope Pius XII (1953*). “Correspondence between President Truman and Pope Pius XII.”

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

Harry S. Truman
Greatness, Be Good, Uninterested

Although I hold the highest civil honour in the world, I have always regarded my rank and title as a Past Grand Master of Masons the greatest honour that had ever come to me.

Harry S. Truman
Past, Titles, World

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall

Harry S. Truman
Fall, People, Firsts

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.

Harry S. Truman
Marine, Army, Long
Harry S. Truman (1995). “The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

Partisanship must end at the waters edge.

Harry S. Truman
Water, Ends, Partisanship

But Quantrill and his men were no more bandits than the men on the other side. I've been to reunions of Quantrill's men two or three times. All they were trying to do was protect the property on the Missouri side of the line.

Harry S. Truman
War, Men, Two

On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.

Harry S. Truman
Ideas, Tree, Theory
Harry S. Truman, Ralph Keyes (1995). “Wit and wisdom of Harry Truman”, Harpercollins

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

Harry S. Truman
Peace, Patriotic, President
Harry S. Truman (2003). “Miracle of '48: Harry Truman's Major Campaign Speeches & Selected Whistle-stops”, p.106, SIU Press

I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.

Harry S. Truman
Flying, Earth, Aliens

When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader.

Harry S. Truman
Leadership, Party, Government
"The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman".

I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo.

Harry S. Truman
Prisoner, Decent, Wells
Harry S. Truman, Steve Neal (2003). “Miracle of Forty-eight”, p.26, SIU Press

At this moment, I have in my heart a prayer. As I have assumed my heavy duties, I humbly pray, Almighty God, in the words of King Solomon: 'Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad, for who is able to judge this thy so great people?' I ask only to be a good and faithful servant of my LORD and my people.

Harry S. Truman
Kings, Prayer, Heart
Harry S. Truman, Howard B. Furer, United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman) (1970). “Harry S. Truman, 1884- : chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

Keep working on a plan. Make no little plans. Make the biggest plan you can think of and spend the rest of your life carrying it out.

Harry S. Truman
Thinking, Rest Of Your Life, Littles
Harry S. Truman, Robert H. Ferrell (1980). “The autobiography of Harry S. Truman”

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

Harry S. Truman
Bible, God, Religious
Harry S. Truman, William Hillman (1984). “Harry S. Truman in his own words: by William Hillman ; pictures by Alfred Wagg”, Outlet

There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to live happily, and to be at peace with his neighbors.

Harry S. Truman
Inspirational, World, Neighbor
Harry S. Truman (2014). “1945: Year of Decision”, p.6, New Word City

There shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.

Harry S. Truman
Opportunity, Color, Race
Colin L. Powell, Harry S. Truman, National Legal Center for the Public Interest (1998). “President Truman and the desegregation of the armed forces: A 50th anniversary view of Executive Order 9981”