More From Russell Baker
- "Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them."
- "Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things."
- "What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises."
More In Leadership
- "In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity."― Adam Schiff
- "The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama."― Rahm Emanuel
- "Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."― Henry Ward Beecher