Address at the National Plowing Match (18 September 1948); as quoted in Miracle of '48: Harry Truman's Major Campaign Speeches and Selected Whistle-stops (2003); edited by Steve Neal. Truman's mention of an "old political trick" is often quoted alone as if it were a strategy he was advising rather than one he was criticizing.
Context: On the one hand, the Republicans are telling industrial workers that the high cost of food in the cities is due to this government's farm policy. On the other hand, the Republicans are telling the farmers that the high cost of manufactured goods on the farm is due to this government's labor policy.
That's plain hokum. It's an old political trick: "If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em." But this time it won't work.
Harry Truman: Quotes about time
Harry Truman was American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953). Explore interesting quotes on time.As quoted in Bush's Brain : How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential (2003) by Wayne Slater and James Moore, p. 173
Special Message to the Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe (1948)
On the 22nd Amendment limiting a president to two terms, in a lecture at Columbia University (28 April 1959)
Address at the National Convention Banquet of the Americans for Democratic Action (17 May 1952) https://trumanlibrary.org/publicpapers/index.php?pid=1296&st=republican+party&st1=
On Richard Nixon, as quoted Plain Speaking : An Oral Biography of Harry S Truman (1974) by Merle Miller, p. 179
Special Message to the Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe (1948)
Special Message to the Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe (1948)
Third Radner Lecture, Columbia University, New York City (29 April 1959), as published in Truman Speaks : Lectures And Discussions Held At Columbia University On April 27, 28, And 29, 1959 (1960), p. 111
Letter to Mary Jane Truman (14 November 1947)
Executive Order 9981 (1948)