Dictatorship, by whatever name, is founded on the doctrine that the individual amounts to nothing; that the State is the only one that counts; and that men and women and children were put on earth solely for the purpose of serving the state.

Harry Truman
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  1. It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

  2. I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.

  3. Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.

  4. Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.

  5. Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.

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