Harry S Truman

28 quotations
Whenever I make a bum decision, I go out and make another one.
Harry S Truman · Decisions
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own.
Harry S Truman · Depression
Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.
Harry S Truman · Economy and Economics
Whenever a man does the best he can, then that is all he can do.
Harry S Truman · Effort
If you want to get elected, shake hands with 25, 000 people between and November 7.
Harry S Truman · Elections
Whenever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
Harry S Truman · Government
Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.
Harry S Truman · Greatness
Study men, not historians.
Harry S Truman · History and Historians
Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.
Harry S Truman · Humor
How do you live a long life? Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast.
Harry S Truman · Longevity
The buck stops here.
Harry S Truman · Money
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
Harry S Truman · Peace
If that's art, I'm a Hottentot!
Harry S Truman · Arts and Artists
Whenever a fellow tells me he is bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
Harry S Truman · Attitude
I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.
Harry S Truman · Politicians and Politics
How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?
Harry S Truman · Polls
Being a President is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed.
Harry S Truman · President
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Harry S Truman · Challenges
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
Harry S Truman · Truth
I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
Harry S Truman · Truth
We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.
Harry S Truman · Truth
When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
Harry S Truman · Voting
All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
Harry S Truman · Choice
Conceit is God's gift to little men.
Harry S Truman · Conceit
If you can't convince them; confuse them.
Harry S Truman · Confusion

Subjects Harry S Truman spoke about

Arts and Artists Attitude Challenges Choice Conceit Confusion Decisions Depression Economy and Economics Effort Elections Government Greatness History and Historians Humor Longevity Money Peace Politicians and Politics Polls