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.
Harry S. TrumanWe all have to recognise - no matter how great our strength - that we must deny ourselves the licence to do always as we please.
Harry S. TrumanUpon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.
Harry S. TrumanIf we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.
Harry S. Truman