James Baker

Who could not be moved by the sight of that poor, demoralized rabble, outwitted, outflanked, outmanoeuvered by the U.S. military? Yet, given…

— James Baker

“My view is that you don't just talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies, as well. And the diplomacy involves…

— James Baker

If you're not gonna pull the trigger, don't point the gun.

— James Baker

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

— James Baker

Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.

— James Baker

Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice.

— James Baker

This is what happens, when, for the first time in modern history, a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the…

— James Baker

I understand personally, ... that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.

— James Baker

When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is…

— James Baker

WE MADE A MONSTER OF HITLER, A DEVIL. THAT IS WHY (THEREFORE) WE COULD NOT AFTER THE WAR SAY OTHERWISE. WE HAD…

— James Baker

“Prior preparation prevents poor performance.”

— James Baker

You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president

— James Baker

Machines are neither Republicans nor Democrats and therefore can never be consciously or even unconsciously biased,

— James Baker

It's not appeasement to talk to your enemies.

— James Baker

You talk to your enemies, not just your friends.

— James Baker