John Bolton Quotes

I want to make sure that, not only in the Republican Party but in the body politic as a whole, people are aware of threats that remain to the United States.

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.

I don’t think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip.

The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving.

I think some of this fascination with the ‘Arab Spring‘ is just a grand experiment with Israel‘s survival.

There’s no religious test under the constitution. That’s what it says. Period.

I think some of this fascination with the ‘Arab Spring‘ is just a grand experiment with Israel‘s survival.

I don’t much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.

Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century – freedom against Communism – so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century – freedom against Communism – so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Negotiation is not a policy. It’s a technique. It’s something you use when it’s to your advantage, and something that you don’t use when it’s not to your advantage.

Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.

You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody that… there is a limit to what that accomplishes.

I’ve been surrounded by some of the best economic minds in the country, and hopefully I’ve absorbed some of that.

My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting ‘look at this.’ It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all.

I am not a professional politician.

There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.

There’s no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons.

Reform is not a one-night stand.

It’s very personal in its politics, very bitter and very negative.

I don’t think I would have to run a campaign that’s financed like General Motors.

I haven‘t given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail.

I have decided not to run for president.

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That’s not the call of patriotism.

When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence.

Well, I’m a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.

I have decided not to run for president.

I am not a neoconservative.

I’m obviously aware that people are quite focused on the economy rather than foreign policy issues, but that is something that should and can be altered as people see the nature of the threats around the world that we face.

I don’t think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip.

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.

It’s not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il.

North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.

I’ve been surrounded by some of the best economic minds in the country, and hopefully I’ve absorbed some of that.

There is no such thing as the United Nations.

If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.

Reform is not a one-night stand.

We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material – whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability – it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year.

Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war.

My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command.

Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we’d all probably be better for it too.

I’m not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities.

Well, I’m a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.

It’s not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il.

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

I’m not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities.

Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting.

When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence.

I’ve been subject to how many security clearance procedures and I must say as irritating as some people may find them I think they are absolutely essential to making sure that people who work in sensitive positions in the national security field in our government are entirely loyal to the United States.

I want to make sure that, not only in the Republican Party but in the body politic as a whole, people are aware of threats that remain to the United States.