Harry Truman
"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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"The reward of suffering is experience."
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."
"The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness."
"When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril."