Harry S. Truman Quotes
Lies are beginning to be solidified and made into historical fact…. The truth is all I want for history.
Harry S Truman, 1884-1972, 33rd President of the United States (Democrat, MO), Letter, February 15, 1950
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
See {115604} for a similar sentiment from England.
The Presidential Campaigns of 2008 and 2012 shocked many Americans for the blatant lies that opponents of President Obama wrote and broadcast and then some of the retaliatory lies that Obama defenders responded with. However, this quotation from a 19th century political historian shows us that blatant lying in American politics is not at all new.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910. Many historians would argue with the use of the verb “lie”. Many admit to some “embellishment” to illustrate and clarify points for the reader. Twain, a great humorist uses the technique of being literal at some points and extreme at others.
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.
