Joe Biden said "I wasn't around when Harry Truman was around. But I remember my grandfather saying, when they yelled to Harry Truman, 'Give them hell, Harry,' he yelled back: 'I'm not going to give them hell. I'm going to tell them the truth, and they're going to think it's hell.'" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 4, 2008

I wasn't around when Harry Truman was around. But I remember my grandfather saying, when they yelled to Harry Truman, 'Give them hell, Harry,' he yelled back: 'I'm not going to give them hell. I'm going to tell them the truth, and they're going to think it's hell.'

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Joe Biden

Democratic · Delaware

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Editor's note · Context

Biden references a quote from Harry Truman to emphasize the importance of truth in political discourse.

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