Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1658 |
| AUTHOR: | Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) |
| QUOTATION: | I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President Truman refers to his meeting with Stalin at the Potsdam conference in July 1945. |
| SUBJECTS: | Russia |