Howard Baker Quotes

It isn't the original scandal that gets people in the most trouble - it's the attempted cover-up.

There are various ways of keeping truth out of sight.

Scandals are only increased by hushing them up.

A fault is fostered by concealment.

There's a difference between lying and not being straight.

When I write that I've known about something for a long time, that's not a boast. That's a confession. It's me acknowledging that I have withheld something important from the public.

A lie should be tried in a place where it will attract the attention of the world.

The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth.

Well, the truth is that a lot of people lie about their health, they lie about the finances, they lie about things at work, they lie about things.

Euphemism is a euphemism for lying.

The worst kind of lying I've ever done is keeping things from people.

Efforts to conceal the truth will not and do not negate the facts.

Cover-ups don’t work.

Tell them I lied.

The only way to cover up a lie? Keep lying.

When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

Every edit is a lie.

As so often happens with Washington scandals, it isn't the original scandal that gets people in the most trouble - it's the attempted cover-up.

I don't like people who hide things.

I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong.

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.