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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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John Bolton
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: November 20
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The Republican Party is the party of national security. There's hardly a national security wing of the Democratic Party anymore. So if we turn away from it, that'll be a big problem.
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Let there be no ambiguity about the American view that Syria's lack of cooperation .. is not acceptable.
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Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.
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Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe.
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I'm not sure history has ended.
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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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If you get a President (Hillary) Clinton, you might well find, just as after Vietnam, that there is a retraction from Iraq and of American influence in the world. And in a couple of years the Europeans will be complaining about that too.
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A strong State Department to me means a corps of career officials who believe that their job is to advocate America's interests and who are trained in effective advocacy, not schooled in accommodation.
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If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.
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We need a strong and effective State Department. We can't conduct American affairs in the world without it.
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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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Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.
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America needs an adult in the White House who knows how to deal with China.
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I wouldn't give up on Russia. I think they have legitimate security concerns from Islamic fundamentalism, not only on their border but in their country.
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Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.
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The only way to resolve the North Korean problem is to change the regime.
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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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Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard.
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North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.
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There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons.
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