--- title: "14 United Quotes By John Bolton" description: "14 United quotes by John Bolton. Plus more from John Bolton and more United sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/john-bolton-4806_nations_there-s-no-such-thing-as-the-united-nati_3187357.png" --- > [There's no such thing as the United Nations,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/there-s-no-such-thing-as-the-united-nations/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/john-bolton-4806_nations_there-s-no-such-thing-as-the-united-nati_3187357.png) > [My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/my-priority-is-to-give-the-united-states-the-kind-of-influence-it/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/john-bolton-4806_influence_my-priority-is-to-give-the-united-states_758516.png) > [Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/everybody-pursues-their-national-interests-the-only-one-who-gets/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/john-bolton-4806_blamed_everybody-pursues-their-national-interes_1036233.png) > [I want to make sure that, not only in the Republican Party but in the body politic as a whole, people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/i-want-to-make-sure-that-not-only-in-the-republican-party-but-in-the/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/john-bolton-4806_body_i-want-to-make-sure-that-not-only-in-the_1430117.png) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/john-bolton-4806_building_there-s-no-such-thing-as-the-united-nati_258174.png) > [Swapping Bergdahl for illegal enemy combatants (terrorists, in common parlance) signaled unmistakably to Taliban and al Qaeda that Obama is determined to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/swapping-bergdahl-for-illegal-enemy-combatants-terrorists-in-common/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/john-bolton-4806_afghanistan_swapping-bergdahl-for-illegal-enemy-comb_1481472.png) > [In the United States, there is a broadly shared view that the U.N. is one of many potential instruments to advance U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/in-the-united-states-there-is-a-broadly-shared-view-that-the-u-n-is/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/john-bolton-4806_done_in-the-united-states-there-is-a-broadly_3095874.png) > [The solution to North Korea is the reunification of the Korean Peninsula. China could influence the North; it supplies 80 to 90…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/john-bolton-4806_china_the-solution-to-north-korea-is-the-reuni_177678.png) > [I've been subject to how many security clearance procedures and I must say as irritating as some people may find them I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/i-ve-been-subject-to-how-many-security-clearance-procedures-and-i/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/john-bolton-4806_absolutely_i-ve-been-subject-to-how-many-security-c_1923319.png) > [If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/john-bolton-4806_american-power_if-i-were-doing-the-security-council-tod_199284.jpg) > [If a prosecutor in The Hague decides that the U.S. has not followed through effectively on an investigation - is unwilling or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/if-a-prosecutor-in-the-hague-decides-that-the-u-s-has-not-followed/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/john-bolton-4806_assertion_if-a-prosecutor-in-the-hague-decides-tha_3102206.jpg) > [I have looked at public opinion polls in France in the late 1940s and early 1950s during the height of Marshall Plan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/i-have-looked-at-public-opinion-polls-in-france-in-the-late-1940s-and/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/john-bolton-4806_aids_i-have-looked-at-public-opinion-polls-in_767359.png) > [I'm not saying that you need a State Department that looks like the litigation department of a major law firm. But you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/i-m-not-saying-that-you-need-a-state-department-that-looks-like-the/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/john-bolton-4806_approach_i-m-not-saying-that-you-need-a-state-dep_2428948.png) > [Although we refer to the International Criminal Court, the real problem is the prosecutor, because it's the prosecutor who decides who to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/although-we-refer-to-the-international-criminal-court-the-real/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/john-bolton-4806_abuse_although-we-refer-to-the-international-c_1674555.png) ## Other authors on United ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/united/john-bolton/#itemlist", "name": "14 United Quotes By John Bolton", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's no such thing as the United Nations,", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Bolton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/there-s-no-such-thing-as-the-united-nations/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/john-bolton-4806_nations_there-s-no-such-thing-as-the-united-nati_3187357.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/john-bolton-4806_nations_there-s-no-such-thing-as-the-united-nati_3187357.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/john-bolton-4806_nations_there-s-no-such-thing-as-the-united-nati_3187357.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's no such thing as the United Nations,” — John Bolton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Bolton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/my-priority-is-to-give-the-united-states-the-kind-of-influence-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/john-bolton-4806_influence_my-priority-is-to-give-the-united-states_758516.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/john-bolton-4806_influence_my-priority-is-to-give-the-united-states_758516.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/john-bolton-4806_influence_my-priority-is-to-give-the-united-states_758516.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.” — John Bolton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everybody pursues their national interests. 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