More from Harry S. Truman
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
Look- “Exchange of Messages With Pope Pius XII,” American Presidency Project (August 28, 1947)
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I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That’s all the powers of the President amount to.
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.