Harry S Truman

Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), was the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953. He was a democrat. He previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin Roosevelt. He is known for his Marshall Plan, and establishment of Truman Doctrine and NATO.

Wisdom & Quotes

• The buck stops here.

- handwritten sign on his White House desk

• If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

- Mr Citizen

• I'm going to fight hard. I'm going to give them hell.

- to Alben Barkley, Sept. 17, 1948

• I never give them hell. I just tell the truth, and they think it's hell.

- cited in William Safire, Safire's Political Dictionary

• Recession is when your neighbour loses his job; depression is when you lose yours.

- attributed

• A statesman is a politician who's been dead ten or fifteen years.

- New York World Telegram & Sun, April 12, 1958

Alice Roosevelt Longworth