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...Truman saw the Presidency as a human continuum from George Washington on into the future," he said, noting that the President made his decisions with long-term effects in mind...
Historian David McCullough, who is completing a biography of Truman, said the President had "a strong sense of self," adding. "He loved being Harry Truman, and was the only president in better health coming out of the White House than when he went...
...though he was eager to perform his part, he "never for one moment confused the President with Harry Truman," said Richard Neustadt. Littauer Professor of Politics and a white House staff member under President John F. Kennedy...
...Truman's Administration had "less ego than perhaps any other," said Frank Pace Jr. who served as Secretary of the Army and Director of the Bureau of the Budget under Truman. Truman appreciated modesty and "was able to say very complex things in a very simple way," he added...
Pace noted that Truman's great physical energy and "willingness to reach out for responsibility" made him particularly well-suited to be President, while Clark M. Clifford, legal counsel to Truman, praised Truman's humanitarianism and his courage to stand by an issue and "see it through...