| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1514 |
| AUTHOR: | Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) |
| QUOTATION: | When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, “He’ll sit here, and he’ll say, ‘Do this! Do that!’ And nothing will happen. Poor Ike—it won’t be a bit like the Army. He’ll find it very frustrating.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | HARRY S. TRUMAN.—Richard E. Neustadt, Presidential Power, the Politics of Leadership, p. 9 (1960). |
| SUBJECTS: | Presidency |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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