If we falter in our leadership, we may danger the peace of the world. - Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States of America
So true then and so true now… Thanks PBS!
More Truman Quotes:
If we falter in our leadership, we may danger the peace of the world.
There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.
Herbert Hoover once ran on the slogan, "Two cars in every garage". Apparently the Republican candidate this year is running on the slogan, "Two families in every garage".
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.
I do not understand a mind which sees a gracious beneficence in spending money to slay and maim human beings in almost unimaginable numbers and deprecates the expenditure of a smaller sum to patch up the ills of mankind.
The Republicans believe in the minimum wage - the more the minimum, the better.
It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.
We must build a new world, a far better world -- one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.
A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!
In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
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.
You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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