James Baker Quotes

Collective effort can produce collective security and that if such effort is not made, it is because the will and the courage to make it are not there.

Light is the task where many share the toil.

Like most meaningful activities, campaigns are team games.

The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.

Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way.

Collaboration is really important.

People must work in unison.

In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece-meal activities. It's got to have a vision.

The mission defines the coalition.

Against … attack the existing peacetime forces of the Army and Navy in the Hawaiian islands, including their necessary munitions and supplies, are believed to be adequate. The success of our defense against this form of attack will depend almost wholly upon our not being totally surprised by the enemy, and will require an efficient intelligence service, not only in the Hawaiian Islands but elsewhere.

We are one organization with one policy and command structure, and all the governments participating have to accept that.

Throwing money after security turns out to be a classic example of the law of diminishing marginal utility.

We’re not the nation’s jailers. We are not out there to punish. We are out there to learn.

It does not make sense that everybody should duplicate efforts when we could be working together.

We've got to be moving together, working together, leading the country together, and ensuring that we achieve the objectives that our alliance has set out for itself.

It doesn't matter how big the stage is. If all 11 guys are on the same page and we believe in what we're doing and we execute it, then plays are going to work. It's really as simple as that.

The E.U. needs a strategy that marries a shared vision to common action.

This working together is just so important: you're either working together, or you're not working together.

Sometimes people forget just how closely MWR and JGR work together.

You have to be able to work as a unit sometimes, in the ring when you're wrestling other people.

Never one thing and seldom one person can make for a success. It takes a number of them merging into one perfect whole.

The whole can be greater than the sum of it's parts, that we all have something to put in the pie to make it better, and that the collaborative interaction works.

The fundamental keys to the culture of any organization can only be achieved when everyone is on the same page.

History has shown that a country most effectively speaks with one voice. When nationally elected officials work together, build consensus, and provide leadership, the American people will follow.

A team doesn't win the championship if its players are working from different agendas.