Harry Truman — "I'm not going to be a popular President."

"I'm not a politician by trade. I'm a farmer and a soldier and a politician by necessity."

"The American people can be led, but they can't be driven."

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

"I've no patience with people who are always whining about the Negro problem. We've got a Negro problem because the Negroes are not yet equal to white people in intelligence and civilization. But they …"

"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."