Quotes of Howard Baker - somelinesforyou

“ It is not our purpose to second-guess what other agencies are doing or what the department's doing, but rather to make sure that we know the facts as best they can be ascertained, and to make appropriate recommendations to the secretary and to the president on how this can be avoided, how other challenges to national security may be dealt with. ”

- Howard Baker

“ The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts. And there was a considerable challenge to that here and understandably so. ”

- Howard Baker

“ What did the president know, and when did he know it? ”

- Howard Baker

“ On the bad loans themselves, all I will say is that we had a similar situation in the United States in the eighties with our Savings and Loan, and we did approach it with a variety of tools, but the principle one was a federal agency that in effect took over those bad loans and took them out of the bank, packaged them, and then managed to merchandise them, to sell them. ”

- Howard Baker

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

- Howard Baker

“ I think it is a great tribute to the Government of Japan and to those who were handling it, including the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister, that we were able to negotiate at the highest levels - I mean the President, the Secretary of State, and then my opportunity - without high emotionalism. ”

- Howard Baker

“ The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts. And there was a considerable challenge to that here and understandably so. ”

- Howard Baker

“ It is not our purpose to second-guess what other agencies are doing or what the department's doing, but rather to make sure that we know the facts as best they can be ascertained, and to make appropriate recommendations to the secretary and to the president on how this can be avoided, how other challenges to national security may be dealt with. ”

- Howard Baker

“ I think it is a great tribute to the Government of Japan and to those who were handling it, including the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister, that we were able to negotiate at the highest levels - I mean the President, the Secretary of State, and then my opportunity - without high emotionalism. ”

- Howard Baker

“ What did the president know, and when did he know it? ”

- Howard Baker

“ The United States has led in all these things, been in the vanguard of the development of the techniques. So it seems to me that the United States should not be thought of as dragging its foot on environmental quality, but rather questioning the appropriateness of a treaty that has never been submitted to the Senate for debate and consideration. ”

- Howard Baker

“ The United States has led in all these things, been in the vanguard of the development of the techniques. So it seems to me that the United States should not be thought of as dragging its foot on environmental quality, but rather questioning the appropriateness of a treaty that has never been submitted to the Senate for debate and consideration. ”

- Howard Baker

“ So while I know the President well, I know his family well, I have known them for a long, long time and I count them personal friends, it is my full intention to work through this embassy and to transmit the thoughts and views I have directly through the system… ”

- Howard Baker

“ So while I know the President well, I know his family well, I have known them for a long, long time and I count them personal friends, it is my full intention to work through this embassy and to transmit the thoughts and views I have directly through the system… ”

- Howard Baker

“ The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts. And there was a considerable challenge to that here and understandably so. ”

- Howard Baker

“ So while I know the President well, I know his family well, I have known them for a long, long time and I count them personal friends, it is my full intention to work through this embassy and to transmit the thoughts and views I have directly through the system… ”

- Howard Baker

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

- Howard Baker Jr.

“ I think and hope and believe that the Japanese government and the people of Japan will be happy and content with the progress of justice in this case and that it will not become a great issue in the future. ”

- Howard Baker

“ On the bad loans themselves, all I will say is that we had a similar situation in the United States in the eighties with our Savings and Loan, and we did approach it with a variety of tools, but the principle one was a federal agency that in effect took over those bad loans and took them out of the bank, packaged them, and then managed to merchandise them, to sell them. ”

- Howard Baker

“ I think it is a great tribute to the Government of Japan and to those who were handling it, including the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister, that we were able to negotiate at the highest levels - I mean the President, the Secretary of State, and then my opportunity - without high emotionalism. ”

- Howard Baker

“ On the bad loans themselves, all I will say is that we had a similar situation in the United States in the eighties with our Savings and Loan, and we did approach it with a variety of tools, but the principle one was a federal agency that in effect took over those bad loans and took them out of the bank, packaged them, and then managed to merchandise them, to sell them. ”

- Howard Baker

“ I've never said that before to a living soul, but I felt obliged to say it to you now. ”

- Howard Baker

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

- Howard Baker Jr.

“ It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble, and I see no evidence of a cover-up here,... What did the president know and when did he know it? ”

- Howard Baker

“ It certainly has been. And I must say I had no expectation that we would "hit the ground running," as we say in America - that things would be so intense so fast. ”

- Howard Baker

“ It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble, and I see no evidence of a cover-up here,... What did the president know and when did he know it? ”

- Howard Baker

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

- Howard Baker Jr.

“ I think it is a great tribute to the Government of Japan and to those who were handling it, including the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister, that we were able to negotiate at the highest levels - I mean the President, the Secretary of State, and then my opportunity - without high emotionalism. ”

- Howard Baker

“ It certainly has been. And I must say I had no expectation that we would "hit the ground running," as we say in America - that things would be so intense so fast. ”

- Howard Baker

“ It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble, and I see no evidence of a cover-up here,... What did the president know and when did he know it? ”

- Howard Baker
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