“I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.” DifferentDoneGovernmentLawDifferent ThingsBureaucracyGovernment Bureaucracy Author:John Bolton
“Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too.” WellsStoriesGovernmentBuildingAgencyGovernment Agencies Author:John Bolton
“I think the regime in North Korea is more fragile than people think. The country's economic system remains desperate, and one thing that could happen for example would be under a new government in South Korea, to get the South Korean government to live up to its own constitution, which says any Korean who makes it to South Korea, is a Korean citizen. A citizen of the Republic of Korea. And you could imagine the impact that would have inside North Korea if people thought, "If I could get out and make it to South Korea, I could have a different life."” PeopleIfsThinkingDifferentCountryGovernmentHappensWould BeImagineOne ThingEconomicExampleCitizensConstitutionRemainsImpactSouthDesperateIf I CouldRepublicFragileRegimesKoreaNorth KoreaKoreanEconomic SystemsDifferent LifeNew GovernmentSouth Korea Author:John Bolton
“The Iranian government is the government that supplied the arms on the Karin-A to the Palestinian Authority several years ago, they are the world's largest central banker for terrorism, if they thought it was in their interest to give a terrorist group a nuclear weapon to use against America or against Israel, I don't think they'd hesitate.” IfsThinkingWorldGivingYearsUseGovernmentAmericaInterestGroupsArmsAuthorityWeaponsYears AgoIsraelTerrorismNuclearTerroristNuclear WeaponsPalestinianBankersIranianTerrorist Groups Author:John Bolton
“What we want for the Iranian people is control over their own government, which they don't have now. So you would do it through supplying resources and support from the outside to the indigenous people who are already quite unhappy. The mullahs have made hash of the economy since 1979, there's a huge amount of economic dissatisfaction. The young people, who are pretty well educated and sophisticated, know they could have a better life than this strict Islamic law.” PeopleKnowsWantWellsMadeGovernmentLawYoungSupportEconomyEconomicHugeAmountResourcesUnhappyEducatedIslamicSophisticatedStrictBetter LifeIndigenousDissatisfactionIranianIndigenous PeopleWell EducatedHashIslamic LawMullahs Author:John Bolton
“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.” PeopleLooksPhilosophyGovernmentCountingBeansAccountingSmaller Government Author:John Bolton
“Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.” BelieveWellsGovernmentIndividualI BelieveConservativeI Believe InLibertarianMaximumLimited GovernmentIndividual Freedom Author:John Bolton
“Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard.” HardPhilosophyGovernmentLibertarian Author:John Bolton
