“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.”

“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."-Harry S. Truman”

“Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.”

“I don't give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it is hell.”

“The buck stops here.”

“Harricum! Harricum! Give 'em hell Harricum!”

“Within the first few months I discovered that being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.”

“Well I wouldn't say that I was in the 'great' class but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.”

“The president is the representative of the whole nation and he's the only lobbyist that all the one hundred and sixty million people in this country have.”

“I studied the lives of great men and famous women and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.”

“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.”