James Baker Quotes
This was a man we could trust. He never lied to me. He never lied to me.
James Baker, 1930-2014, U. S. Secretary of the Treasury and State (Republican), White House Chief of Staff, Presidential campaign manager, Referring to the Russian Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, Interview, The Charlie Rose Show, October 6, 2006
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When Billy Carter ran for mayor of Plains, GA, he predicted:
During the Barack Obama Administration most Republican's were virulent critics of the President's efforts to try and negotiate with Putin on the grounds that Putin was obviously duplicitous and untrustworthy. However when Bush made this statement he received no criticism from the same Republicans who would castigate Obama for trusting Putin.
Referring to his opponent in the 1926 New York gubernatorial race, incumbent Governor Al Smith:
James Addison Baker III is an American attorney, statesman, and political figure. He served as White House Chief of Staff and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan, and as U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.