If you can’t convince them, confuse them. Harry S Truman
Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. Harry S Truman
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth. Harry S Truman
It’s a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own. Harry S Truman
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. Harry S Truman
Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. Harry S Truman
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. Harry S Truman
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
Secrecy and a free, democratic government don’t mix. Harry S Truman
Whenever I make a bum decision, I just go out and make another. Harry S Truman
I’ve had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up. Harry S Truman
You know, the greatest epitaph in the country is here in Arizona. It’s in Tombstone, Ariz., and this epitaph says, ‘Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damndest.’ I think that is the greatest epitaph a man could have. Harry S Truman
The ‘C’ students run the world. Harry S Truman
If you cant stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Harry S Truman
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Harry S Truman