229 Quotes by John Bolton

We had a general discussion about the subject of the next secretary-general, which is part of our ongoing consultations among the five permanent members. But that's all really I can say.

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.

Too large an expansion would risk making it (the council) unable to quickly address challenges to international peace and security.

Swapping Bergdahl for illegal enemy combatants (terrorists, in common parlance) signaled unmistakably to Taliban and al Qaeda that Obama is determined to withdraw from Afghanistan no matter what the cost to the United States or those in Afghanistan fighting to remain free.

We will work to get the broadest support we can,

Our biggest national security crisis is Barack Obama

We felt that if the Security Council acted without waiting for the AU, it would send the AU a signal. But no other country, including the United Kingdom and France, was with us on that. We think that's too bad.

Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe.

We don't think it meets the standards set by the secretary general.