I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejudice against race origin. BESS TRUMAN Race
Harry and I have been sweethearts and married more than forty years – and no matter where I was, when I put out my hand Harry’s was there to grasp it. BESS TRUMAN Years
A woman’s place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight. BESS TRUMAN Hats
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 Church
![Bess Truman Quote - [When her daughter suggested the President refer in his conversation with foreign dignitaries about lawn care to ‘fertilizer’ instead of to ‘manure’:] But remember, it took me almost thirty years to get him to call it manure.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/when-her-daughter-suggested-the-president-refer-in.jpg)
