Harry S. Truman

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Harry S. Truman

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference.

Harry S. Truman

Prosperous farmers make for a prosperous nation, and when farmers are in trouble, the nation is in trouble.

Harry S. Truman

Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided.

Harry S. Truman

Tact is the ability to step on a man’s toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.

Harry S. Truman

The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they’ve had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.

Harry S. Truman

The President hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully indeed to hear the one voice that tells him his is not.

Harry S. Truman

The President is always abused. If he isn’t, he isn’t doing anything.

Harry S. Truman

The unfettered soul of free man offers a spiritual defense unconquered and unconquerable.

Harry S. Truman

The way in which you endure that which you must endure is more important than the crisis itself.

Harry S. Truman