I'm going to be working hard for Jeb Bush because I think Jeb Bush's clearly the cream of the crop of the Republicans who are going to run for the nomination, i've known Jeb Bush since Jeb Bush was Jeb Bush. I know what kind of President he would be. He would be an extraordinarily good President. He's very knowledgeable. He's very temperamental. He's suited for the job.

James Baker

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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.

excess energy thinking

WE MADE A MONSTER OF HITLER, A DEVIL. THAT IS WHY (THEREFORE) WE COULD NOT AFTER THE WAR SAY OTHERWISE. WE HAD PERSONALLY MOBILISED THE MASSES NEVERTHELESS AGAINST THE DEVIL. THUS WE WERE FORCED AFTER THE WAR, TO PLAY ALONG WITH THIS DEVILS' SCENARIO. WE COULD NOT POSSIBLY HAVE MADE OUR PEOPLE CLEAR (TO THEM) THAT THE WAR WAS ONLY AN ECONOMIC PREVENTATIVE MEASURE!

play war people

You talk to your enemies, not just your friends. by James Baker

You talk to your enemies, not just your friends.

It's not appeasement to talk to your enemies. by James Baker

It's not appeasement to talk to your enemies.

appeasement enemy

Who could not be moved by the sight of that poor, demoralized rabble, outwitted, outflanked, outmanoeuvered by the U.S. military? Yet, given time, I think the press will bounce back.

military sight thinking

This is what happens, when, for the first time in modern history, a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the outcome of an election for president.

hype president trying

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

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

veterans-day gun military

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

voice quiet moving

Never let the other fellow set the agenda. by James Baker

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

fellows agendas live-by

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

democrat machines republican

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

frustrating presidential election

Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing unti... by James Baker

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

doing-nothing right-time sometimes

You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis co... by James Baker

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

tennis white house

I accepted Prime Minister of Israel at Prime Minister of Israel word, but you have to ask yourself what are the chances now of a two state solution. They're very bleak in my view.