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"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." -
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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."
"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."
"There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know."
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
"I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell."
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"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."
"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."
"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."
"There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don�t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president."
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