Harry S. Truman Quotes
I am deeply concerned and troubled about the situation we are up against in the world now and in the immediate future. That is why I would hope that someone with the greatest possible maturity and experience would be available at this time. May I urge you to be patient.
Truman didn't quite think that JFK was quite up to the Presidency in 1960.
Harry S Truman, 1884-1972, 33rd President of the United States (Democrat, MO), Request of JFK that he not run for the Presidency, July 2, 1960
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Ironically, Lieberman was using this quotation to campaign against Bush’s son, George W. Bush.
For giving such wise counsel, he was killed by a young militant.
This quotation is particularly ironic in that President George W. Bush’s staff well recognized and appreciated the importance of the American President’s world role. However, that President and his administration became the most world despised American President since America became a world power late in the 19th century.
For the first time a woman was running for the presidency and she had a large following. However, there were still many who saw women as too emotional to be in leadership positions. Sarkozy did not want to anger many egalitarian French voters by appearing to be a sexist and attack a woman’s generic ability to lead. However, he cleverly waited for a moment in the debate where his opponent was particularly passionate about something. He gently chided her about it and she took the bait and very passionately and excitedly said that she had a right and obligation to be passionate about issues that affected millions of French lives. But as she did so she grew ever more passionate and forceful. Then Sarkozy struck with this quotation. The impression that the audience was left with is that Royal was a good woman who was properly concerned with issues but was just not ready for such a high position and did not quite have the demeanor that was needed for the Presidency. Sorkozy won the election the following week.
Alluding to the practice of advisors and handlers scripting and packaging presidential candidates for conventions and debates:
Harry S. Truman was an American politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States (1945–53). He served as a United States Senator from Missouri (1935–45) and briefly as Vice President (1945) before he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945 upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was president during the final months of World War II, and approved the plan to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Truman was elected in his own right in 1948. He presided over an uncertain domestic scene as America sought its path after the war and tensions with the Soviet Union increased, marking the start of the Cold War.
