The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
Harry S. TrumanThere is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do
Harry S. TrumanWhen 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.
Harry S. TrumanSixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima. . . . The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.
Harry S. TrumanMost of the time most people know the right thing to do ...its the doing of it that gives them trouble
Harry S. TrumanWe have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the many Protestant denominations, the Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church do not seek to destroy one another in physical violence just because they do not interpret every verse of the Bible in exactly the same way. Here we now have the freedom of all religions, and I hope that never again will we have a repetition of religious bigotry, as we have had in certain periods of our own history. There is no room for that kind of foolishness here.
Harry S. Truman