I've already indicated that I'm interested to hear from John Bolton, perhaps among others. John Bolton More Quotes by John Bolton More Quotes From John Bolton There's no such thing as the United Nations. John Bolton united-nationsunitednations Just as that little opening in the Iron Curtain that Hungary created caused a flood of people out, and ultimately the beginning of the end of communism in Europe, if you could get refugee flows coming out of North Korea, while there'd be a very difficult humanitarian problem in the short run, both for China and South Korea, in the long run it would lead to reunification. John Bolton korearunningeurope I don't think there is any good answer to the question why shouldn't gays and lesbians who want to serve their country be allowed to do it. John Bolton gaycountrythinking Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom. John Bolton libertariangovernmentbelieve A strong State Department to me means a corps of career officials who believe that their job is to advocate America's interests and who are trained in effective advocacy, not schooled in accommodation. John Bolton strongjobsbelieve Just like Sept. 11, only with nuclear weapons this time, that's the threat. I think that is the threat. I think it's just facing reality. It's not a happy reality, but it's reality and if you don't deal with it, it will become even more unpleasant. John Bolton nuclearrealitythinking I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964. John Bolton campaignspresidentyears There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons. John Bolton iranweaponsdoubt In the United States, there is a broadly shared view that the U.N. is one of many potential instruments to advance U.S. issues, and we have to decide whether a particular issue is best done through the U.N. or best done through some other mechanism. John Bolton issuesunited-statesviews 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. John Bolton agencygovernmentstories Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe. John Bolton zimbabwecountryamerica Although we refer to the International Criminal Court, the real problem is the prosecutor, because it's the prosecutor who decides who to investigate and what cases to bring. This court fundamentally embodied a potential for abuse of governmental power that I felt was inconsistent with being a free person - and [it was] inconsistent for a free country like the United States to subscribe to it. John Bolton abuserealcountry Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States. John Bolton pursueunited-statesinterest Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president. John Bolton president North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons. John Bolton koreanuclearweapons Iran is barely over 50% Persian, and Arabs, Baluchis, Azeris, Kurds and many other groups feel left out of the society. That regime has a lot more weaknesses than people see. John Bolton iranweaknesspeople I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances. John Bolton abortioncertainthinking If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region. John Bolton turkeysegyptiran I think it's critical that we return national security issues to the center of the overall political debate in America. John Bolton issuesamericathinking If you get a President (Hillary) Clinton, you might well find, just as after Vietnam, that there is a retraction from Iraq and of American influence in the world. And in a couple of years the Europeans will be complaining about that too. John Bolton iraqcoupleyears
