Harry S. Truman

A person who is fundamentally honest doesn’t need a code of ethics. The ten commandments and the sermon on the mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.

Harry S. Truman

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years.

Harry S. Truman

A President cannot always be popular.

Harry S. Truman

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

Harry S. Truman

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Harry S. Truman

About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well.

Harry S. Truman

All my life I have fought against prejudice and intolerance.

Harry S. Truman

At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.

Harry S. Truman

Canada is a broad land – broad in mind, broad in spirit, and broad in physical expanse.

Harry S. Truman

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

Harry S. Truman