Storms Over the Presidency Quotes

“successors will agree with Harry Truman’s belief that this unique office carries with it a huge responsibility for America’s destiny. Though political storms may loom and other sorts of upheavals may rage, America’s founders have given us the power to emerge from their darkness and confusion, thanks to the leadership that a president can invoke in the name of liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
― Thomas Fleming, Storms Over the Presidency

“Truman repeatedly stressed the unique nature of the American presidency. He called it the greatest office ever created by the mind of man. In the Truman Presidential Library, only a few blocks from his house, he had ordered an inscription to be prominently displayed, listing the six tasks of the president. He was commander-in-chief of the armed forces, leader of his political party, initiator of legislation, maker of foreign policy, the head of state and the chief executive, responsible for seeing that the laws passed by Congress were respected and obeyed.”
― Thomas Fleming, Storms Over the Presidency