President Harry Truman

Famous quotes containing the words president, harry and/or truman:

    To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client; still, one must make the best of the case, for the purposes of Providence.
    John Updike (b. 1932)

    I’d horsewhip you if I had a horse.
    S.J. Perelman, U.S. screenwriter, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Norman Z. McLeod. Groucho Marx, Horsefeathers, a wisecrack made to his son Frank (Zeppo Marx)

    I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
    —Harry S. Truman (1884–1972)