Quote by Harry S Truman

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency.

When you get to be President, there are all those things, th

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This quote suggests that the privileges and honors associated with holding the position of President should not be seen as personal accolades, but rather as a recognition of the esteemed role itself. The emphasis lies on the notion that the President should not let these honors inflate their ego or lose sight of their responsibility to serve the presidency and the people it represents. Ultimately, the quote reminds us that these honors are symbolic gestures meant to honor the office, not the individual occupying it.

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