John Bolton Quotations

I agreed with the Nonaligned Movement today that we should have an intergovernmental negotiation process and that the entire text ought to be open, ... We are making progress. We are ready to go.

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

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.

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

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.

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.

We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability - it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year.

North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.

It's very personal in its politics, very bitter and very negative.

Let there be no ambiguity about the American view that Syria's lack of cooperation .. is not acceptable.