John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
sweet reason possibility
I haven't given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail.
iraq democracy favour
I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.
country people way
Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.
president
Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.
running book writing
A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'
united-states interest pursue
Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.
reality thinking weapons
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.
united-nations united nations
There's no such thing as the United Nations,
afterlife would-be classic
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.
views issues done
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.
new-york differences stories
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.
believe government libertarian
Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.
real reflection law
If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world. All international laws are invalid, meaningless attempts to constrict American power.
philosophy government people
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.