18th Annual Howard & Virginia Bennett Forum on the Presidency

Onstage & Online | 11.21.2024

Learn More + Register

ALL NEW TRU

Embark on the extraordinary journey

Plan Your Visit

UPSET! Harry Truman and the 1948 Election

All-New Election-Themed Exhibit

NOW OPEN

Building Future Leaders

Civics Education at the Truman Library

View Catalog

Make no little plans. Make the biggest one you can think of, and spend the rest of your life carrying it out.

Harry S. Truman

I never sit on a fence. I am either on one side or another.

Harry S. Truman

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

Harry S. Truman

You cannot stop the spread of an idea by passing a law against it.

Harry S. Truman

Being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.

Harry S. Truman

I don't pass the buck, nor do I alibi out of any decision I make.

Harry S. Truman