Courage is rarely reckless or foolish... courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced.

- Margaret Truman Daniel

Mother ... considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage full of cobras.

- Margaret Truman Daniel

He's [Harry S. Truman] just your dad, and you love him. It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your…

- Margaret Truman Daniel

The men who espoused unpopular causes may have been considered misguided, but they were rarely attacked for their morals or their masculinity. Women …

- Margaret Truman Daniel

He [Harry S. Truman] loved politicians - even Republicans.

- Margaret Truman Daniel

No matter how different our First Ladies have been - and as individual women they have ranged from recluses to vibrant hostesses to political manipul…

- Margaret Truman Daniel

First ladies are doing a lot. But the job remains undefined, frequently misunderstood, and subject to political attacks far nastier in some ways than…

- Margaret Truman Daniel