Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

James Baker, fully James Addison Baker, III

American Jurist, Politician and Political Adviser, Secretary of State, Chief of Staff in President Ronald Regan's first administration and in the final year of President's George H. W. Bush

"Politics drives diplomacy, not vice versa."

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

"Never let the other fellow set the agenda. "