Political Quotes

On the record

U.S. Senate

Quotes from current and former United States senators.

Filter by
610,920 quotes

Current senators

Former senators

Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 12, 1946

SECTION 6 (b). Any person who, in order to perform active service with the military or naval forces of the United States, has left a position in any department or agency (other than a temporary position) which is covered into the…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 12, 1946

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe May 22, 1946 as National Maritime Day by displaying the flag at their homes or other suitable…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 12, 1946

I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, in recognition that the health of American children, like their education, should be accepted as a definite public responsibility, do hereby designate the first day of May of…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 12, 1946

SECTION 6 (a). Any person who, in order to perform active service with the military or naval forces of the United States, has left a position (other than a temporary position) which is covered into the classified civil service under…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 10, 1946

Any former employee of a department or agency of the Federal Government who is entitled to the benefits granted by subsection 8 (b) (A) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 890), as amended, and who has entered or…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 10, 1946

Any permanent civil-service employee of a department or agency of the Federal Government who possesses special qualifications or experience of particular use to the Military Government authorities of the United States may be transferred…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 9, 1946

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the United States and the aforesaid sections of the Revised Statutes of the…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 2, 1946

Discussed everything that had to do with New York politics, and I listened with a lot of interest.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 2, 1946

A prolonged coal strike? I can answer that categorically. It would knock the whole thing out.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 2, 1946

I am sending down the name of William J. Kennedy of Cleveland, Ohio, to be the Chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board--the one that Murray Latimer left.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 2, 1946

I will give you a statement on that at the next press conference, and go into detail with you.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 2, 1946

We will take care of our own, just as we are trying to take care of the other people in the world.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 2, 1946

I haven't any comment to make on it because I haven't gone into the details.

presidency.ucsb.edu