Harry S. Truman1884–1972The quotations of
Harry S. Truman
President of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician
1884–1972
33 quotes, most often on Presidency, War & Peace and Politics. Part of the U.S. Presidents collection.
- Harry Truman at Chicago, 17 March 1945, as recorded in Good Old Harry
- The Truman Doctrine (1947)
- Impromptu remarks before the Reciprocity Club, Washington, D.C. (11 April 1958)
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
Lecture at Columbia University (April 28, 1959)- Address at the National Archives dedicating a shrine for the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights (15 December 1952)
The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world.
Address to Congress (April 16, 1945)- Address to Congress (April 16, 1945)
- Announcing the Bombing of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945)
- Address at the National Convention Banquet of the Americans for Democratic Action (May 17, 1952)
- Announcing the Bombing of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945)
- The Truman Doctrine (1947)
We must be prepared to pay the price for peace, or assuredly we shall pay the price of war.
Special Message to the Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe (March 17, 1948)- Report on the Potsdam Conference (August 9, 1945)
- Address at the National Archives dedicating a shrine for the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights (15 December 1952)
- Report on the Potsdam Conference (August 9, 1945)
