A biography for Bess Trumanhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“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.”
“I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejudice against race origin.”
“I have a strong tennis arm.”
“I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them.”
“I'm no different from anybody else. If I don't have a card, I can't check out these books.”
“It's nice to win.”
“It looks like you're going to have to put up with us for another four years.”
“A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight.”
“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.”