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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1405 |
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AUTHOR:
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Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) |
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QUOTATION:
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I’m proud that I’m a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead 10 or 15 years. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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HARRY S. TRUMAN, impromptu remarks before the Reciprocity Club, Washington, D.C., April 11, 1958, as reported by the New York World-Telegram and Sun, April 12, 1958, p. 4. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Politicians |
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