Harry S. Truman US President

Gender: Male
Citizenship: United States
Born: May 8, 1884
Died: Dec 26, 1972

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States. As the final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health. Under Truman, the Allies successfully concluded World War II; in the aftermath of the conflict, tensions with the Soviet Union increased, marking the start of the Cold War.

Truman was born in Missouri and spent most of his youth on his family's farm. During World War I, he served in combat in France as an artillery officer in his National Guard unit. After the war, he briefly owned a haberdashery and joined the Democratic Party political machine of Tom Pendergast in Kansas City, Missouri. Truman was first elected to public office as a county official and became a U.S. Senator in 1935. He gained national prominence as head of the wartime Truman Committee, which exposed waste, fraud, and corruption in wartime contracts.

While Germany surrendered a few weeks after Truman assumed the Presidency, the war with Japan was expected to last another year or more.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. truth

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

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth. truth

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. best

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

The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. great

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

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

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

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

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. best

I would rather have peace in the world than be President. peace

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here. humor

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. time

Upon books the collective education of the race depends they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought. education

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

The reward of suffering is experience. experience

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

I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. truth

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

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

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. freedom

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. government

Study men, not historians. men

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work. time & work

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know. history