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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Harry S. TrumanPerson to Person, CBS Television (1955)
About Harry S. Truman
33rd U.S. President who led the nation through the end of World War II. (1884-1972)
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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.Economic Report to Congress (1947)
- I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a program; you have to be for something, otherwise you will never get anywhere.Lecture at Columbia University (1959)
- One of the difficulties with all our institutions is the fact that we've emphasized the reward instead of the service.Letter to Harold E. Moore (1949)
- It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.As quoted in The Observer (1958)
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