John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
coffee fire loosen people ready telling work
I am telling people loosen your ties, fire up the coffee pots, get ready for the weekend, ... We've got a lot of work to do.
absolutely clearance entirely essential field government irritating loyal national people positions procedures sensitive subject sure united work
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.
war thinking people
People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that it's assassination on a much larger scale, a much more horrific scale.
issues people world
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.
people kim blame
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.
party people body
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.
victory-and-defeat people victory
People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.
country people way
Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.
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.
believe belongs general next particular secretary
Not so fast. We don't believe that the next secretary general belongs to any particular region.
engaged process takes
The negotiating process ... is like making sausage. It isn't necessarily pretty. It takes a long time, and that's the process we're engaged in.
both changed changes culture member nature needs
The nature of the culture is such that the changes we want, both in the way the secretariat functions, and the way member governments function, needs to be changed in a substantial way.
campaign
I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.
congress disappoint role sorry
I'm sorry to disappoint you, Congressman. I had no role in this issue.