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There's no such thing as the United Nations.

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John Bolton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 20
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Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe.
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People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.
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I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.
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I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.
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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.
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My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.
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Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.
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The only way to resolve the North Korean problem is to change the regime.
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Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard.
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As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American leadership is critical to the success of the U.N., an effective U.N., one that is true to the original intent of its charter's framers.
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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.
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