Harry S Truman

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."

"A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader."

"A President cannot always be popular."

"All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway."

"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."

"Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art."

"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

"If you can't convince them, confuse them."

"My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States."

"The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all."

"The reward of suffering is experience."

"We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries."

"You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog."