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61 " Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything. "
― Harry Truman
62 " The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way. And that’s why I’ve always thought and said, farmers are the smartest people in the world, they don’t go for high hats and they can spot a phony a mile off. "
63 " When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then all Americans are in peril. "
64 " Human life is something that comes to us from beyond this world, and the purpose of our society is to cherish it and to enable the individual to attain the highest achievement of which he is capable "
65 " If you can't dance then you are a loser. "
66 " Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be noticed for their vices than not be noticed at all. "
67 " Believe and you're halfway there. "
68 " How many times do you have to get hit over the head until you figure out who’s hitting you. "
69 " No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations. "
70 " Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns. "
71 " Actions are the seeds of fate. Deeds grow into destiny. "
72 " All of you, I am sure, have heard many cries about Government interference with business and about "creeping socialism." I should like to remind the gentlemen who make these complaints that if events had been allowed to continue as they were going prior to March 4, 1933, most of them would have no businesses left for the Government or for anyone else to interfere with — and almost surely we would have socialism in this country, real socialism. "
73 " On the one hand, the Republicans are telling industrial workers that the high cost of food in the cities is due to this government's farm policy. On the other hand, the Republicans are telling the farmers that the high cost of manufactured goods on the farm is due to this government's labor policy.That's plain hokum. It's an old political trick: "If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em." But this time it won't work. "
74 " He was a windbag. He made a great many orations, and I imagine he did a very good job, but he was still a windbag "
75 " I shall continue to do what I think is right, whether anybody likes it or not. "
76 " If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible, although I don't want to see Hitler victorious under any circumstances. "
77 " If you can read this thank a teacher. "
78 " I'm just a politician from Missouri and proud of it. "
79 " The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world. "
80 " I hope for some sort of peace—but I fear that machines are ahead of morals by some centuries and when morals catch up there'll be no reason for any of it. "