Harry Truman

I don't give a damn about popularity. I care about doing what's right.

The United States was not built on fear. It was built on courage, imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

I am not an expert in anything. I just try to do my job the best I can.

The problems of the world can't be solved by men who are afraid to use their brains.

When you're President, you don't have friends, you have problems.

I'm just a simple country boy who got lucky.

It's a good thing I'm not a pretty boy, or they'd really be after me.

There are only two things that can break a man: women and money. And I've never had much of either.

I've never been one to run away from a fight.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

I don't pretend to be a great man. But I try to be a man of integrity.

It's a good thing I don't have to run for President again. I'm too old for that nonsense.

I believe in the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. But sometimes, you have to hit them over the head with it.

The world is full of people who are willing to give you advice, but very few who are willing to help you.

I'm just a country boy who got caught up in the big city.

I've got a new toy that's going to win this war, and it's going to put an end to all wars.

When you have to deal with a man who is a son-of-a-bitch, you have to be a son-of-a-bitch yourself.

The American people are entitled to know whether or not I am a thief and a scoundrel. If I am, they ought not to have me for President. If I am not, they are entitled to know that.

I don't think I'll ever be satisfied until we have clean government, and I don't care what it costs.

I suppose history will remember me as the man who dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. But I hope they will also remember that I did it to save American lives.