If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again. Harry S. Truman More Quotes by Harry S. Truman More Quotes From Harry S. Truman In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice. Harry S. Truman safety real law You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now. Harry S. Truman politics political believe I have tried my best to give the nation everything I had in me. There are probably a million people who could have done the job better than I did it, but I had the job and I always quote an epitaph on a tombstone in a cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona: "Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damndest." Harry S. Truman tombstone jobs lying Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government. Harry S. Truman government games art Being too good is apt to be uninteresting. Harry S. Truman uninterested be-good greatness A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States. Harry S. Truman patriotic men america Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past. Harry S. Truman president roots past The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. Harry S. Truman lasting-love independence freedom If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military. Harry S. Truman elements political military Being President is a little bit like riding a tiger. You have to keep riding, or else you will be swallowed up by it! Harry S. Truman riding president littles I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have - When he gives everything that is in him to do the job he has before him. That is all you can ask of him and that is what I have tried to do. Harry S. Truman tombstone jobs life If you want to live like a Republican, you've got to vote for a Democrat. Harry S. Truman vote republican want This is a Christian nation. Harry S. Truman christian god bible The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's. Harry S. Truman marine army long 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. Harry S. Truman communication war peace Everybody is headed for the same place, and they are headed on the same train, and under the same engineer. Harry S. Truman engineers train If you can't stand the heat, then move to Minnesota. They have snow in May. Harry S. Truman minnesota snow moving Keep working on a plan. Make no little plans. Make the biggest plan Harry S. Truman rest-of-your-life littles thinking Some of the presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one, I can tell you that. Harry S. Truman president time trying We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected. Harry S. Truman respect men peace
