My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.
Harry S. TrumanWithout a strong educational system — free of government control — democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only the key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom.
Harry S. TrumanIt's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot.
Harry S. TrumanWhen 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.
Harry S. Truman