A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
From Harry S Truman
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.
When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency.
This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
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.
If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.
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.
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.
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