Truman Administration Quotes

During his presidency, Truman and the Republicans were locked in a series of furious assaults on each other that outraged him and made Truman an enduring foe of a party and its representatives, which he saw as on the wrong side of almost every domestic and foreign policy issue he considered important.

Harry Truman knows I am against him on this [civil rights] program. I just don’t think Congress should try to cram his program down the throats of Southern states.

The framework of a democratic army has been established by President Truman’s Executive Order.

Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the White House, with no responsibility but incredible authority is one of the reasons we're now in so much trouble.

[I never implied] that President Truman was disloyal or pro-Communist. He was blind to the Communist menace and used very bad judgement.

We support President Truman's civil rights program.

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics.

Our only choice is to impeach President Truman and find out who is the secret invisible government which has so cleverly led our country down the road to destruction.