James Baker Quotes

I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest.

Nikki Haley is a proven leader. And that is what she should be judged on.

Secretary Clinton is perfectly capable of defending her own service in office.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

The president of the United States actually has to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

We need a great president.

All good Presidents are supple.

Politics is about accountability, it is about leadership, it is about courage.

He can't spend all his time running his mouth; he's got to run the country.

Effective Presidents are those who can achieve a balance between purpose and prudence.

The Prime Minister of this country should be 100 percent efficient at all time.

Yesterday the President had one of his busiest days. …. The corridor outside his study has been filled with gentlemen all day long. I often wonder how it is possible to adjust to so many different people and their interests in the course of a day, but after all that is one of the things every President must learn to do.

My father would be an amazing, amazing commander in chief.

I had ministers who were just outstandingly good.

Being a former first lady doesn't prepare you to be president.

We need someone who has the experience - and the demeanor - to be the president of the United States.

I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process.

Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk.

We need a president with tremendous intelligence, smarts, cunning, strength and stamina.

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.

Cheney was among the best secretaries of defence the country has ever had. He was a very effective White House chief of staff. He did not make many enemies, and he had the ability to persuade people with that soft tone and very reasonable style of his. He's always been exceptionally good as the right-hand man.

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.

Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.

I always tell people this: to be a savvy politician or a good head of state and to be charitable are not mutually exclusive things.