James Addison Baker

James Addison Baker may refer to:

  • James Addison Baker the elder (1821–1897), American jurist & politician
  • James A. Baker, Sr. (1857–1941), American jurist
  • James A. Baker, Jr. (1892–1973), American jurist
  • James Baker (born 1930), American jurist, politician & diplomat

Famous quotes containing the words james, addison and/or baker:

    The man who knows governments most completely is he who troubles himself least about a definition which shall give their essence. Enjoying an intimate acquaintance with all their particularities in turn, he would naturally regard an abstract conception in which these were unified as a thing more misleading than enlightening.
    —William James (1842–1910)

    Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
    —Joseph Addison (1672–1719)

    Never let the other fellow set the agenda.
    —James Baker (b. 1930)