Howard Baker Quotes

• What did the president know, and when did he know it?

  Howard Baker

  President, Watergate, Knows

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• It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble.

  Howard Baker

  Events, Cover Ups, Causes

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• 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

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• Listen more often than you speak.

  Howard Baker

  Speak

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• In Washington I'm thought of as a conservative, but in Tennessee I'm thought of as a Bolshevik.

  Howard Baker

  Tennessee, Conservative, Bolsheviks

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• 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

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• If you don't like the question that's asked, answer some other question.

  Howard Baker

  Answers, Questioning, Ifs

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• You've got to guard against speaking more clearly than you think.

  Howard Baker

  Thinking

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• 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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• 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

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