The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.

The doctrine of thrift for the poor is dumb and cruel, like advising them to try and lift themselves by their bootstraps.

I always get more applause than votes.

The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.

To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power.

Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.

Harry Truman proves that old adage that any man can become President of the United States.