John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
definitely future looking thinking transition un
Looking at the future of UNRWA is definitely something we should all be doing, thinking about how to transition to a new UN involvement in the region.
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.
thinking nobel nobel-peace-prize
The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.
thinking political dollars
You don't need to spend tens of millions of dollars on political consultants to tell you what you think when you already know what you think.
thinking gaza-strip ruling
I don't think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip.
country gay thinking
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.
spring thinking israel
I think some of this fascination with the 'Arab Spring' is just a grand experiment with Israel's survival.
kings thinking nsa
Let me ask, who died and made him king? Who gave him the authority to endanger 300 million Americans? That's not the way it works, and if he thinks he can get away with that, he's got another think coming.
thinking abortion certain
I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.
running thinking campaigns
I don't think I would have to run a campaign that's financed like General Motors.
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.
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.