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)
No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.
