Howard Baker famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

What did the president know, and when did he know it?
-- Howard Baker

#President
It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble.
-- Howard Baker

#Events #Cover Ups #Causes
Demography is changing us as we are older societies, we're living longer. How the generations balance each other out, how that affects education and health care.
-- Howard Baker

#Balance #Generations #Care
In Washington I'm thought of as a conservative, but in Tennessee I'm thought of as a Bolshevik.
-- Howard Baker

#Tennessee #Conservative
The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts.
-- Howard Baker

#Inspirational #Facts #Emotion
Listen more often than you speak.
-- Howard Baker

#Speak
You've got to guard against speaking more clearly than you think.
-- Howard Baker

#Thinking
If you don't like the question that's asked, answer some other question.
-- Howard Baker

#Answers #Questioning
Eventually, somebody is going to be a hero, and somebody's going to be president. Not necessarily the same person.
-- Howard Baker

#Hero #President #Persons
The beginning of the decline of the Republic was the day they air-conditioned the Capitol.
-- Howard Baker

#Air #Republic #Decline

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