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2007-10-20 11:53:03 · 6 answers · asked by Valery 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
He proved that a working man could rise to become President of the United States.
He also eventually proved that doing the unthinkable was a necessary evil. The decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended WWII.
2007-10-20 12:08:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Universal Health Care was a Truman proposal included in the 1948 Democratic Platform.
Medicare came from this, and the Clintons worked on it without success in the 90s.
2007-10-21 03:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by william_byrnes2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stood up to the chicago tribune with the dewey defeats truman headline. it showed future presidents the power of not giving up under villification as the pelosi/reid regime is doing to bush today.
2007-10-20 19:04:18 · answer #3 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He created the old saying, "The buck stops here". In other words, he promoted personal responsibility, not only in himself, but in those who worked with him and for him. He did not accept excuses from anyone...not like Bush and the Hurricane Katrina situation...where he blamed everyone but himself.
2007-10-20 19:18:14 · answer #4 · answered by joseph t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sure can't add much to what was said. I do believe in all of them but lean heavily on the Buck Stops Here idea.
2007-10-20 19:53:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't Truman the atom bomb guy?
2007-10-21 00:00:06 · answer #6 · answered by darkflower366 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋