Howard Baker Quotes

[Richard Nixon was:] The greatest moral leader of the last third of this century.

We make fun of our leaders.

We've got to stop this making fun of guys. I think part of it's to protect [Barack] Obama, because he's the one that's well known for that.

What makes me laugh? Richard Nixon always made me laugh.

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.

The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist, because that could define things like a sense of hypocrisy or a sense of the things one has to be skeptical about.

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

I love Bill Clinton. I think we should make him king. I'm talking the red robe, the turkey leg - everything.

Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

When Rush Limbaugh says I'm not a scientist, I'm charmed - I smirk.

I have tender feelings for Nixon because everybody has warm feelings about their childhood. Actually, I didn't like the Watergate trials 'cause they interrupted 'The Munsters.'

Bad times for the Republic are great times for satire.

Washington could not tell a lie; Nixon could not tell the truth; Reagan cannot tell the difference.

[Addressing Robert Peel, 1788-1850:] The Right Honorable Gentleman's smile is like the silver fittings on a coffin.

We can be lied to only so many times. The best thing that he [President Nixon] can do for the country is to get the hell out of the White House and get out this afternoon.

Queen of the Great Democracy

Oh, what a lovely title, ex-president

No one is better at deprecating President Trump than President Trump - just ask him.

Don't laugh at a hair joke, Trump.

Editorial pages all say, 'Well, the other guy has a point, too. It remains to be seen how this will come out. We certainly hope it comes out fine; blah, blah.' Cartoonists don't go that way. Our job is to stick out our tongues, to show a big raspberry to whatever pompous jerk happens to be mouthing off.

[Khrushchev] should get a one-ton medal.

Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught.

The thing about Donald [Trump] is the jokes write themselves. I don't even think of it to be trolling. What he says is the joke.