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Quote DB :: Authors :: Harry Truman :: View Quote View Quote "No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Harry Truman Listed in: Presidency Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 5  Rate Quote 1 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Harry Truman "I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to." "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 single moment." "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." "There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know." "I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell." Top 5 quotes from Presidency "I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a President, and I think I'll go along with them." "PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics." "As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you." "There is one thing about being President, no one can tell you when to sit down." "PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom — and of whom only — it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President."

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