"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
-Harry S. Truman
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"Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.“
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"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."
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"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."
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"Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here."
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"It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences."
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"We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries."
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