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Harry S. Truman

Tuesday 3rd of March 2026

Nukes The fact that J Robert Oppenheimer agonised over his part in the creation of the atomic bomb is not interesting. Was he meant to whistle to work? Harry Truman, to whom it fell to use the “gadget”, is the more dramatic figure, precisely because he made what might be the most history-altering executive decision since Pontius Pilate  without much in the way of outward qualms. Janan Ganesh, Financial Times, July 25, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Politicians A politician is a man who understands government,  and it takes a politican to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years. Harry S. Truman © 2023 Kwiple.com
Snapshot He'll sit there, and he'll say, “Do this! Do that!” And nothing will happen.  Dwight Eisenhower portrayed by Harry Truman, his predecessor as president  © 2019 Kwiple.com
Snapshot He leaves behind no treatise and few epigrams, much less in translated Sanskrit. But he knew a liberal must learn to walk with, if not the devil, then the brute. Harry Truman portrayed by Janan Ganesh, Financial Times, July 25, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Snapshot In ending American isolation, his predecessor Franklin Roosevelt had the “advantage” of a world war. Truman set himself a harder task: to maintain a forward US posture during peace time. The result, an empire in all but name, has had costs. But the past 18 months have been a sublime education in its uses. Imagine Ukraine right now without a committed US. In another 18, depending how Americans vote, you might not have to. Harry Truman portrayed by Janan Ganesh, Financial Times, July 25, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
War Let us not become so preoccupied with weapons that we lose sight of the fact that war itself is the real villain. Harry S. Truman © 2017 Kwiple.com
 
Washington, D.C. You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog. Harry S. Truman © 2023 Kwiple.com