We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction. Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. They are only 25 years old. And I've never been lacking for either. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes.”, “If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.”, “We must face the fact that peace must be built on power, as well as upon good will and good deeds.”, “I can deal with Stalin. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in. The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. America was not built on fear. You want a friend in Washington? Satchel Paige was probably one of the best pitchers in the history of baseball, and many believe catcher Josh Gibson was a better hitter than Babe Ruth. It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

You're told to second-guess yourself all the time. I hope for continued bravery and risk-taking for all theatremakers in 2018 and beyond. Share with your friends. I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. They are only 25 years old.

“We have to get tough with the Russians. I suppose that history will remember my term in office as the years when the Cold War began to overshadow our lives.

I remember when I first came to Washington. And always in the background there has been the atomic bomb. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. At once totally logical and perfectly irrational? Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend. World War Look Satisfaction. You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on. To Manson, helter-skelter meant a war between whites and blacks that the Beatles were in favor of. Such a void is peculiar because President Truman played a central role in Korean history on at least two occasions: during the 1945 liberation and again during the 1950-1953 war. In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. Truman never went to college. It's a culture that doesn't encourage people to believe in the work they do. You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits. You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one.

That's where I think a little hostility and arrogance can save you. We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries. I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. I have hardly a day in office that has not been dominated by this all-embracing struggle. When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. I never gave anybody hell! In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity. And always in the background there has been the atomic bomb. 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. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. The White House is the finest prison in the world. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here. I never did give anybody hell. Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here. I would rather have peace in the world than be President. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.

I could not get over the notion that in such a small planet, with such a small ribbon of life, so much goes on. If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again. One of the reasons people sell out so quickly is because even the talented think they're frauds. You have to remember it isn't for you. Carry the battle to them. Enjoy the best Harry S Truman Quotes at BrainyQuote. But when history says that my term of office saw the begining of the Cold War, it will also say that in those eight years we have set the course that can win it. I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it. Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.

A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1961). All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. The Presidency of Truman was marked by the onset of Cold War. Created by Final Level. We are over 100 and the British are centuries older. You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. Use this code for embedding the Quote anywhere. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now. Men make history and not the other way around. The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie. Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

My mom, she's the strict one. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. David McCullough. I had to be. Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. What is Mona Lisa thinking?

When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. We have got to teach them how to behave.”.

Quotations by Harry S Truman, American President, Born May 8, 1884. I don't believe in little plans. It's an old political trick.