Quotes from John Bolton

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.

There's no religious test under the constitution. That's what it says. Period.

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.

Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century - freedom against Communism - so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

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.

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

Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command.

I'm not sure history has ended.

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.

Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war.

I don't think there is any good answer to the question why shouldn't gays and lesbians who want to serve their country be allowed to do it.

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.

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.

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.

I want to make sure that, not only in the Republican Party but in the body politic as a whole, people are aware of threats that remain to the United States.

Reform is not a one-night stand.

I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.

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.

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

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command.

Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.

Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.