Sheriff Harry S. Truman is a fictional character and supporting protagonist in the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991) and deleted scenes from the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He was created by showrunners Mark Frost and David Lynch, and portrayed by Michael Ontkean.

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Notable quotes

“We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F.B.I. is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex life scandles [sic] and plain blackmail when they should be catching criminals. They also have a habit of sneering at local law enforcement officers.”
— Longhand note (May 12, 1945)
“Never bring that fucking cretin in here again. He did not drop the bomb. I did. That kind of weepiness makes me sick.”
— Comment to Secretary of State Dean Acheson regarding Robert Oppenheimer, after Oppenheimer's comment to Truman about having "blood on my hands" due to his role in creating the atomic bombs. As quoted in Alan Axelrod (2009). The Real History of the Cold War: A New Look at the Past. Sterling, ISBN 9781402763021
“I was the only calm one in the house. You see I've been shot at by experts.”
— Comment on his World War I experience after an assassination attempt on (1 November 1950) as quoted in Bess W. Truman (1986) by Margaret Truman
“They couldn't include me in it because I was the President, and I can be elected as often as I want to be. I'm going to run again when I'm ninety. I've announced that a time or two, and you know, some damn fool looked the situation over and said, "When you're ninety, it's an off year," so I can't even run then. I didn't know I was going to stir up all that trouble . . .”
— On the 22nd Amendment limiting a president to two terms, in a lecture at Columbia University (April 28, 1959)
“There isn’t any difference between the totalitarian Russian Government and the Hitler government and the Franco government in Spain. They are all alike. They are police state governments.”
— News Conference at Key West, March 30, 1950
“No man can get rich in politics unless he's a crook. − Harry S Truman, quoted in Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S Truman by Merle Miller, 1973-1974 SBN 425-02664-7 LOC 73-87198, Berkeley Medallion Edition, October, 1974, Chapter 10. "The Only Defeat − and Then Victory", p. 134.”
— Similarly on pg. 136: "About this getting rich in politics. Like I said, you just can't do it unless you're a crook." And earlier: "An honest public servant can't become rich in politics." - Truman's diary, 24 April 1954.

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Notable quotes

“We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F.B.I. is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex life scandles [sic] and plain blackmail when they should be catching criminals. They also have a habit of sneering at local law enforcement officers.”
— Longhand note (May 12, 1945)
“Never bring that fucking cretin in here again. He did not drop the bomb. I did. That kind of weepiness makes me sick.”
— Comment to Secretary of State Dean Acheson regarding Robert Oppenheimer, after Oppenheimer's comment to Truman about having "blood on my hands" due to his role in creating the atomic bombs. As quoted in Alan Axelrod (2009). The Real History of the Cold War: A New Look at the Past. Sterling, ISBN 9781402763021
“I was the only calm one in the house. You see I've been shot at by experts.”
— Comment on his World War I experience after an assassination attempt on (1 November 1950) as quoted in Bess W. Truman (1986) by Margaret Truman
“They couldn't include me in it because I was the President, and I can be elected as often as I want to be. I'm going to run again when I'm ninety. I've announced that a time or two, and you know, some damn fool looked the situation over and said, "When you're ninety, it's an off year," so I can't even run then. I didn't know I was going to stir up all that trouble . . .”
— On the 22nd Amendment limiting a president to two terms, in a lecture at Columbia University (April 28, 1959)
“There isn’t any difference between the totalitarian Russian Government and the Hitler government and the Franco government in Spain. They are all alike. They are police state governments.”
— News Conference at Key West, March 30, 1950
“No man can get rich in politics unless he's a crook. − Harry S Truman, quoted in Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S Truman by Merle Miller, 1973-1974 SBN 425-02664-7 LOC 73-87198, Berkeley Medallion Edition, October, 1974, Chapter 10. "The Only Defeat − and Then Victory", p. 134.”
— Similarly on pg. 136: "About this getting rich in politics. Like I said, you just can't do it unless you're a crook." And earlier: "An honest public servant can't become rich in politics." - Truman's diary, 24 April 1954.

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Sheriff Harry S. Truman is a fictional character and supporting protagonist in the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991) and deleted scenes from the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He was created by showrunners Mark Frost and David Lynch, and portrayed by Michael Ontkean.

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Sheriff Harry S. Truman is a fictional character and supporting protagonist in the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991) and deleted scenes from the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He was created by showrunners Mark Frost and David Lynch, and portrayed by Michael Ontkean.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).