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. John Bolton More Quotes by John Bolton More Quotes From John Bolton 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 korea running europe 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 gay country thinking Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom. John Bolton libertarian government believe 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 strong jobs believe 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 nuclear reality thinking 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 campaigns president years There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons. John Bolton iran weapons doubt 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 issues united-states views 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 agency government stories Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe. John Bolton zimbabwe country america 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 abuse real country Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States. John Bolton pursue united-states interest 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 korea nuclear weapons 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 iran weakness people I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances. John Bolton abortion certain thinking 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 turkeys egypt iran I think it's critical that we return national security issues to the center of the overall political debate in America. John Bolton issues america thinking 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 iraq couple years The culture of the State Department is very negative towards a conservative foreign policy. And the model that we all have, of civil servants as neutral careerists who carry out the policy of the elected president, doesn't work nearly the way it should in the State Department. So that there are many people who want to be good civil servants, who want to try and carry out these policies, but are afraid to do so. And I'm not even counting the very small number of conservatives in the State Department who are genuinely at risk. John Bolton small-numbers risk people
