| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1515 |
| AUTHOR: | Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) |
| QUOTATION: | You know, the greatest epitaph in the country is here in Arizona. It’s in Tombstone, Ariz., and this epitaph says, “Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damndest.” I think that is the greatest epitaph a man could have. Whenever a man does the best he can, then that is all he can do; and that is what your President has been trying to do for the last 3 years for this country. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President HARRY S. TRUMAN, remarks in Winslow, Arizona, June 15, 1948.—Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1948, p. 356. |
| SUBJECTS: | Presidency |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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