John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
accurate alpha claim realistic reforms represent steps wrong
It would be wrong to claim more than is realistic and accurate about what these reforms are. They represent steps forward, but this is not the alpha and the omega, and we never thought it would be.
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Our hope still would be to reach agreement tomorrow so the ministers in Berlin can focus on the future and the next steps (in the showdown with Tehran).
council prepared resolution security shows steps
I think today's sanction resolution shows that the Security Council is serious, that its resolutions have to be complied with, that it is prepared to take enforcement steps if they are not complied with.
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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.
caution option repeatedly
It is why we repeatedly caution that no option is off the table.
bubble conversation solitary talk
In the bubble on First Avenue, Volcker is just ignored. I talk about it, but it's a solitary conversation.
council finished hoped human rights
I hoped we'd be finished with the establishment of the human rights council before the end of this year,
congress disappoint role sorry
I'm sorry to disappoint you, Congressman. I had no role in this issue.
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Our hope is to have a strong consensus document for the high-level event, ... We're working on that and we're making our views known as are other governments.
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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.
elaborate framework goals targets
a more elaborate framework of goals, targets and indicators.
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I'm confident that the Security Council under the charter has a responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
progress slow
I think we are still making progress. I think it is slow but it is steady,
among clear legs understanding
I think that, especially among conservatives, there's a clear understanding that there are three legs to the conservative stool. There are the free-market economics conservatives, the social conservatives, and the national-security conservatives.