Bess Truman Quotes

• A woman’s place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight.

  Bess Truman

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  Tags in Public

• I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejudice against race origin.

  Bess Truman

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  Tags in Action

• I have a strong tennis arm.

  Bess Truman

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• I won’t lock my doors or bar them either if any of the old coots in the pictures out in the hall want to come out of their frames for a friendly chat.

  Bess Truman

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  Tags in Either, Lock

• It looks like you’re going to have to put up with us for another four years.

  Bess Truman

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  Tags in Like, Put

• I’ve liked lots of people ’til I went on a picnic jaunt with them.

  Bess Truman

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  Tags in People

• I’m no different from anybody else. If I don’t have a card, I can’t check out these books.

  Bess Truman

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  Tags in Different

• It’s nice to win.

  Bess Truman

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  Tags in Win

• Now about those ghosts. I’m sure they’re here and I’m not half so alarmed at meeting up with any of them as I am at having to meet the live nuts I have to see every day.

  Bess Truman

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  Tags in Sure

• You may invite the entire 35th Division to your wedding if you want to. I guess it’s going to be yours as well as mine. We might as well have the church full while we are at it.

  Bess Truman

  Topics in Wedding

Bess Truman (10)

Birth:	13th February, 1885
Death:	18th October, 1982
Nationality:	American
Profession:	First Lady

About

Bess Truman was the wife of Harry S. Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. She had known her future husband since they attended the same school in Independence, Missouri. As First Lady, she did not enjoy big social events, and was relieved to quit Washington. Dying at 97, she remains the longest-lived First Lady.

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