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

— Harry S Truman

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.

— Harry S Truman

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

— Harry S Truman

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

— Harry S Truman

A President cannot always be popular.

— Harry S Truman

A President needs political understanding running the government, but he may be elected without it.

— Harry S Truman

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

— Harry S Truman

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

— Harry S Truman

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.

— Harry S Truman

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

— Harry S Truman