Quotes by 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
When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with excess carbon dioxide emission, I think we ought to listen.
– James Baker
While there may be little evidence that Iraq has ties to al-Qaeda or to the attacks of Sept. 11, there is no question that its present government, under Saddam Hussein, is an outlaw regime, is in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, is embarked upon a program of developing weapons of mass destruction and is a threat to peace and stability.
– James Baker
Who could not be moved by the sight of that poor, demoralized rabble, outwitted, outflanked, outmanoeuvred by the U.S. military? Yet, given time, I think the press will bounce back.
– James Baker
You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president.
– James Baker