229 Quotes by John Bolton

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.

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.

The United States believes that the long-standing, massive and covert Iranian effort to acquire sensitive nuclear capabilities makes sense only as part of a nuclear weapons program,

the United States and other members of the Security Council are concerned about the deteriorating situation in Burma.

There's no such thing as the United Nations,

There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.

The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving.

It would be, I think, simply prudent to be looking at other options.

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.