Book

Plain Speaking

: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman

by Harry S Truman, Merle Miller

Hardcover, 1985 Edition, Greenwitch House, print line is h-a. 448 pages by Merle Miller. 1985 Edition, first printing.

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Harry S Truman (4)

“I fired him because he wouldn't respect the authority of the president. That's the answer to that. I didn't fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but that's not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail.”

— Harry S Truman, amazon.com

Tagged: Douglas MacArthur, dumb, You're Fired

“When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency.”

— Harry S Truman, amazon.com

Tagged: President, Presidency, 21-Gun Salute, Honor

“He’s one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.”

— Harry S Truman, amazon.com

Tagged: Richard Nixon, Duplicity, Politicians

“The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.”

— Harry S Truman, amazon.com

Tagged: History, New, Revisionism