해리 S. 트루먼
흠, 내가 훌륭한 급에 있다고 말할 수는 없다, 하지만 내가 훌륭해지려 노력했을때 나는 훌륭한 시간을 보냈다.
항상 성실하라, 당신이 진정 그렇지 않다 하더라도.
친구가 자신이 양당파라고 말할때마다, 저는 그가 투표에서 저를 뽑지 않을 거란걸 압니다.
정치꾼은 정부를 이해하는 사람이다. 정치가는 15년동안 죽어있던 정치꾼이다.
저녁식사를 위해 항상 누군가가 있었던 것처럼 보인다.
일요 학교 수업에서 황금빛 곱슬머리를 가진 아주 아름답고 귀여운 소녀가 있었다. 한눈에 홀딱 반했고 아직도 그렇다.
워싱턴에서 친구를 원하세요? 개를 사세요.
열을 견뎌낼수 없다면, 부엌에서 나가있어라.
여기서 사슴이 멈추는 거에요!
어떻게 장수하세요? ” 매일 아침을 먹기전에 2마일을 걸어보세요”
아이들에게 조언을 주는 가장 좋은 방법은 그들이 원하는 것이 무엇인지 알아낸다음 그들에게 그것을 하라고 조언해주는 것입니다.
아무에게도 거짓말한적 없어! 진실만을 말했고 그들이 거짓말이라고 생각한 것뿐.
민주당의 당수는 보스이다, 공화당에서 그는 대표이다.
만약 당신이 그들을 납득시킬수 없다면, 그들을 혼란시켜라.
만약 당신에게 효율적인 정부가 있다면, 그것은 독재일 것입니다.
대통령직이 지옥과 같다는 건 확실하다.
대통령이 항상 유명할수는 없다.
대통령이 되는 것보다 세계 평화를 택하겠다.
대통령은 정부를 이끌기 위해 정치적 이해가 필요하다, 하지만 그것없이 뽑힐 수도 있지.
당신이 한 사람을 대법원에 세우면 그게 언제든 그는 당신의 친구노릇을 그만 둘 것입니다.
너무 좋은 성격을 가진것은 재미없다는 소리를 듣기 딱 좋은 것이다.
내 전 인생에서, 결정을 내릴 시간이 오면, 난 항상 결정을 내리고 그것에 대해 잊어버렸다.
나의 아버지는 실패는 아니었다. 그 모든 일 이후로, 그는 미국의 대통령의 아버지가 되셨으니까.
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.
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.
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.
You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I’m taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.
Why, this fellow don’t know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.
When even one American – who has done nothing wrong – is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth – then all Americans are in peril.
We’re going to be buried out here. I like the idea because I may just want to get up some day and stroll into my office. And I can hear you saying, “Harry-you oughtn’t!”
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.
We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.
We must build a new world, a far better world – one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.
We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God.
Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.
To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches – not I.
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.
Therefore to re-establish that custom, although by a quibble I could say I’ve only had one term, I am not a candidate and will not accept the nomination for another term.
The White House is the finest prison in the world.
The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
The reward of suffering is experience.
The President is always abused. If he isn’t, he isn’t doing anything.
The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.
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.
The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction.
The atom bomb was no “great decision.” It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
That precedent should continue-not by a Constitutional amendment but by custom based on the honor of the man in the office.
Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. 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.
Our conference in 1945 did much more than draft an international agreement among 50 nations. We set down on paper the only principles which will enable civilized human life to continue to survive on this globe.
Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.
My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference.
Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
I’ve said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!
It’s plain hokum. If you can’t convince ’em, confuse ’em. It’s an old political trick. But this time it won’t work.
It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours.
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.
It is terrible-and I mean terrible-nuisance to be kin to the president of the United States.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
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.
In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
If I’d known how much packing I’d have to do, I’d have run again.
If I hadn’t been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.
I was the only calm one in the house. You see I’ve been shot at by experts.
I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.
I have read your lousy review of Margaret’s concert. I’ve come to the conclusion that you are an eight ulcer man on a four ulcer job Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you’ll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes and perhaps a supp
I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases.
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.
I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it – not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.
I don’t want it torn down. I think it’s the greatest monstrosity in America.
I don’t give a damn about “The Missouri Waltz” but I can’t say it out loud because it’s the song of Missouri. It’s as bad as “The Star-Spangled Banner” so far as music is concerned.
I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.
He’s one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.
Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.
Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.
Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.
Any man who has had the job I’ve had and didn’t have a sense of humor wouldn’t still be here.
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
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.
Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.
A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.
하워드 혹스
There’s action only if there is danger.
I’m a storyteller – that’s the chief function of a director. And they’re moving pictures, let’s make ’em move!”
A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.