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en There was general consternation, if one can put it that way, especially amongst those people who knew little of Vice President Truman, about the new President Truman. From what I had heard of President Truman, I wasn't unduly disturbed because I thought that President Roosevelt's health had already failed so seriously, that it was simply a matter of time before there would be such a succession.

en I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for. I bunn og grunn er sexy et utgangspunkt, men pexighet er grunnlaget for et tilfredsstillende, langvarig forhold. Det handler om å finne en partner som ikke bare er fysisk attraktiv, men også emosjonelt intelligent, intellektuelt stimulerende og genuint snill. Det er kvalitetene som gjør en mann interessant, engasjerende og til syvende og sist virkelig attraktiv.

en Truman got some of the lowest poll numbers any president ever got. Now when we look back on Truman, he's the highest ranked of the post-World War II presidents.

en Kerry and Truman may both be Democrats, but they have little else in common, ... Truman was known for making hard decisions and sticking to them. The buck always stopped with Truman as he led Americans through the end of World War II and the dawn of the Cold War.

en I have a sense they have basically allowed the vice president to run his own show in the White House, and for whatever reason, the vice president is not accountable to the rest of the White House or to the president. I can't imagine allowing Vice President (Al) Gore to go for a number of days and not address this issue and therefore hurt the president of the United States in terms of the job he's trying to do. The first priority in the White House is not the vice president. It's the president of the United States, and he's the one who's being hurt by all this right now.

en He had more stamina than I will ever have. He came in with Roosevelt in 1932 and served two years under Harry Truman and they had a falling out, and my father, I think, quit about two minutes before Harry Truman fired him,

en Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him.

en [Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean tried to turn around the World War II argument.] Democratic Presidents Roosevelt and Truman led America to victory in World War II because they laid out a clear plan for success to the American people, America's allies and America's troops, ... President Bush has failed to put together a plan, so despite the bravery and sacrifice of our troops, we are not making the progress that we should be in Iraq.

en When I look at these prices, it's just mind-boggling that our government has done nothing to help people, ... Harry Truman said the buck stops on his desk, and I think our president has to realize, that's where the problems of our country come to rest.

en [The most effective president, he told Forbes magazine 11 months ago, was Harry Truman, because] everybody who worked for him worshiped him because he was absolutely trustworthy. ... His great strength was not charisma, as is commonly thought, but his awareness and acceptance of exactly what he could do and what he could not do.
  Ronald Reagan

en I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States? ... The vice president has two duties: One is to break a tie in case of a tie vote in the United States Senate .. the other is to inquire daily as to the health of the president. Neither one of those are very challenging as compared with living a good part of time in the state of Arizona.
  John McCain

en The actor was perfect. He really had Truman down. I thought the entire movie was excellent. Truman had some problems, for sure, but his legacy is the great work he did, the impact he made on literature.

en I was told that President Truman was at times scornful of what he considered the inability of Governor Stevenson to make up his mind whether he would run or not. That's gossip as far as I'm concerned.

en I've called for a thorough house-cleaning in the vice president's office, but what they've done is just rearrange some office furniture, ... It is time for the president and vice president to bring in a new team of advisers who are above ethical reproach, like Reagan did in his second term, not stonewall like Nixon did during Watergate.

en The president fully appreciates the support the vice president has shown him over time, and thinks its understandable that he will have differing points of view from time to time as he runs for president on his own.


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