#truman

Let me tell you the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat and every president since, Democrat and Republican, has stood closely with Israel. ↗

— Dick Durbin

#democrat #every #first #harry #israel

I would say that President Roosevelt probably was more intimately in touch with the press corps at the White House than President Truman was. ↗

— Clifton Daniel

#house #i #intimately #more #president

He loved politics in large part exactly because it meant time spent with men like Cactus Jack Garner(who would be remembered for observing that the vice presidency was not worth a pitcher of warm piss). ↗

— David McCullough

#harry-truman #politics #love

He still has the same way of calling to me, as if I'm still new to him, as if he has yet to get over me. ↗

— George Plimpton

#jack-dunphy-on-truman-capote #biography