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Once, when Truman’s captain, also a Guard officer, submitted an efficiency report full of praise for Harry Truman and recommending promotion, General Berry sent it back with the comment, “No man can be that good.”
“When one man dies it is a tragedy. When thousands die it’s statistics.”
In his private assessment, Stalin later told Nikita Khrushchev Truman was worthless.
“Gentlemen, don’t fight the problem. Solve it!”
“Not only could he simplify complex matters, he could also keep simple matters simple.”
More than once in his presidency, Truman would be remembered saying it was remarkable how much could be accomplished if you didn’t care who received the credit.
“Never confuse wishes with facts.”
“I’m not asking you to vote for me. Vote for yourselves,”
Republicans in Washington have a habit of becoming curiously deaf to the voice of the people. They have a hard time hearing what the ordinary people of the country are saying. But they have no trouble at all hearing what Wall Street is saying. They are able to catch the slightest whisper from big business and the special interests.
He had just one strategy—attack, attack, attack, carry the fight to the enemy’s camp.
I like people who can control their appetites and their mental balance.
“You can’t punish a man for not seeming to be right if he isn’t wrong.”
“You never know what’s in you until you have to do it.”
Marriage is the greatest of all gambles.
