Howard Baker Quotes

• The beginning of the decline of the Republic was the day they air-conditioned the Capitol.

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  Air   Republic   Decline  

  835

• Eventually, somebody is going to be a hero, and somebody's going to be president. Not necessarily the same person.

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  Hero   President   Persons  

  301

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

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  Events   Cover Ups   Causes  

  410

• 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.

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  Balance   Generations   Care  

  3840

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

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  Tennessee   Conservative   Bolsheviks  

  3490

• The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts.

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  Inspirational   Facts   Emotion  

  3984

• Listen more often than you speak.

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  Speak  

  2650

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

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  President   Watergate   Knows  

  4288

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

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  Thinking  

  3071

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

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  Answers   Questioning   Ifs  

  1051

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