Historical+Legacy

= = =**President Truman's Rise to Fame ** = How did a job -hopping, college drop out, "country bumpkin" become President of the United States?........n Below, the future president poses with friends in his haberdashery  (Source: @http://trumanlibrary.org/photographs/displayimage.php?pointer=80&people=&listid=0 ) = = =The Character of Harry S. Truman = (Used with permission: The Truman Library Website) || = =
 * **As illustrated by the sign on his desk that said, "The Buck Stops Here,**" Harry Truman was a simple, no-nonsense president with a strong sense of right and wrong. By often referring to this phrase, President Truman conveyed his conviction to the ideal of taking responsibility. || [[image:buckstopsherefrontsmall.jpg width="411" height="110"]]
 * "On more than one occasion President Truman referred to the desk sign in public statements. For example, in an address at the National War College on December 19, 1952 Mr. Truman said, "You know, it's easy for the Monday morning quarterback to say what the coach should have done, after the game is over. But when the decision is up before you -- and on my desk I have a motto which says The Buck Stops Here' -- the decision has to be made." In his farewell address to the American people given in January 1953, President Truman referred to this concept very specifically in asserting that, "The President--whoever he is--has to decide. He can't pass the buck to anybody. No one else can do the deciding for him. That's his job." (The Truman Library Website) ||
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