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John Bolton
John Bolton
American Statesman
Born: Nov 20, 1948
Am Best Government People Think You
Related authors: Colin Powell Condoleezza Rice Daniel Webster George Mason Henry Clay Henry Kissinger John C. Calhoun Madeleine Albright
There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference. John Bolton
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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. John Bolton
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Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom. John Bolton
Freedom Conservative Believe Libertarian Individual Individual Freedom Well Limited
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
You Negotiation Something Advantage Policy Use Your Technique
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. John Bolton
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There is no such thing as the United Nations. John Bolton
United Nations Nations United Thing
Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president. John Bolton
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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. John Bolton
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Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war. John Bolton
War Fight Politicians Tendency Generals Like Last
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. John Bolton
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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. John Bolton
Government Best People Better Philosophy Smaller Smaller Government Look Accounting Closer
I would not run as a one-issue candidate. Anybody who does that is declaring himself to be marginal. John Bolton
Run Would Himself Does Candidate Anybody Declaring Who Marginal
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. John Bolton
Blame Natural People Natural Disasters Kim Failed Failed Policies Disasters Policies Korean North North Korean Deprivation
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
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Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting. John Bolton
You Before Meeting Obviously Make Any Engage Preparations
North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons. John Bolton
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Reform is not a one-night stand. John Bolton
One-Night Reform Stand
The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving. John Bolton
Problem Marketplace Solving Global Problem-Solving Many Competitors
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. John Bolton
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I don't think I would have to run a campaign that's financed like General Motors. John Bolton
Think Financed Run Would General General Motors Like Campaign Motors
There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons. John Bolton
Doubt No Doubt Weapons Supplies Hamas Iran Funds
I've been surrounded by some of the best economic minds in the country, and hopefully I've absorbed some of that. John Bolton
Best Country Minds Hopefully Some Economic Absorb Been Surrounded
It's very personal in its politics, very bitter and very negative. John Bolton
Politics Negative Bitter Very Personal
I have decided not to run for president. John Bolton
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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. John Bolton
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I am pro-American. John Bolton
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