Harry S. Truman Quotes

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.

The presidency is not about easy choices.

My fellow citizens, the American Presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.

I've never covered the president in any way other than that he is ultimately responsible.

It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart.

I remember. How many minutes do I have left President? About one, one minute.

There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States.

There is a substantial difference between the President being able to wave to the crowd from a hospital window and being able to govern.

The most difficult issues—the toughest decisions—are the ones that invariably end up on the President’s desk.

The presidency is worse than being in jail.

The sign of a failing President is his complaining about the limitations of the office

The nature of the Presidency is such that you are always asking yourself what else could you be doing?.

Our founders thought long and hard about what the office of president should be. George Washington resisted the role, and then defined it.

American presidents get to make lots of choices, with one critical exception: what awaits them in the in-box on top of the desk in the Oval Office.

In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.

But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House.

The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.

It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

The President is not a God, not a miracle worker. He is a citizen.

Getting members of Congress to do things they don’t want to do is a crucial part of being President.

When you're in the real world as President of the United States it doesn't go according to the script.

The office of the President is so staggeringly complicated that nobody can ... be a good President.

Be a President. Don't try to be a lawyer.