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You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody that…there is a limit to what that accomplishes.

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John Bolton
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: November 20
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I think some of this fascination with the 'Arab Spring' is just a grand experiment with Israel's survival.
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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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I don't think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip.
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There's no such thing as the United Nations.
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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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I'm not sure history has ended.
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There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.
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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.
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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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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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Texas is a big state. It's a major force in the Republican Party.
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Let me ask, who died and made him king? Who gave him the authority to endanger 300 million Americans? That's not the way it works, and if he thinks he can get away with that, he's got another think coming.
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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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Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.
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There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.
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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.
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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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