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> [I think the Russians basically don't think the North Koreans and the Iranians have the capabilities to get weapon systems that can threaten them, or that if they do the Russians know how to handle them and that that's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/i-think-the-russians-basically-don-t-think-the-north-koreans-and-the/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

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## More by John Bolton

> [There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/there-is-no-excuse-for-waste-fraud-and-abuse-in-the-defense/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/you-know-as-somebody-who-writes-op-eds-and-appears-on-the-television/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [The solution to North Korea is the reunification of the Korean Peninsula. China could influence the North; it supplies 80 to 90 percent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/the-solution-to-north-korea-is-the-reunification-of-the-korean/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of the distribution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/if-i-were-doing-the-security-council-today-i-d-have-one-permanent/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/there-s-no-such-thing-as-the-united-nations-if-the-u-n-secretary/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/just-like-sept-11-only-with-nuclear-weapons-this-time-that-s-the/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/my-philosophy-is-not-a-bean-counting-accounting-look-at-this-it-is-a/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/if-iran-obtains-nuclear-weapons-then-almost-certainly-saudi-arabia/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [Iran is barely over 50% Persian, and Arabs, Baluchis, Azeris, Kurds and many other groups feel left out of the society. That regime has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/iran-is-barely-over-50-persian-and-arabs-baluchis-azeris-kurds-and/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/well-you-could-take-several-stories-off-the-buildings-of-most-u-s/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [There's no religious test under the constitution. That's what it says. Period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/there-s-no-religious-test-under-the-constitution-that-s-what-it-says/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [Reform is not a one-night stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/reform-is-not-a-one-night-stand/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [The Iranian government is the government that supplied the arms on the Karin-A to the Palestinian Authority several years ago, they are the world's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/the-iranian-government-is-the-government-that-supplied-the-arms-on/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/you-don-t-need-to-spend-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-on-political/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

> [North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/north-korea-is-going-to-get-away-with-keeping-its-nuclear-weapons/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

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