John Bolton Quotes

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.

The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail. If there is something you are expected to do, but don't want to do, or even have done for you, you can safely appeal to the UN in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.

If the world believes that Iran doesn't play by the rules and imposes sanctions, then we'll follow them whether we have an opinion about it or not.

In the United States, there is a broadly shared view that the U.N. is one of many potential instruments to advance U.S. issues, and we have to decide whether a particular issue is best done through the U.N. or best done through some other mechanism.

During the three decades of its existence, the effectiveness of the United Nations has, on the whole, tended to decrease, particularly in the field of peace and security and, more generally, all issues in which the developed countries feel they have important stakes.

The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw nations and self-serving special interest groups.

The interests of the United States are better served by demanding reform and seeing that reform takes place than by removing our influence from the UN.

Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.

Let us face it, the U.N. has failed. It has failed in its mission to promote world peace.

In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed.

There is no such thing as the United Nations.

Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council decisions threaten international peace and stability. Such attempts are counterproductive and contradict the norms and principles of international law.

The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.

The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security Council to uphold international peace and stability.

I think the American people, understandably, have sort of lost faith in the United Nations.

If governments do not want to work with the U.N. and the international organizations, there is a limit to what you can do. And there is also a limit to patience.

The United Nations is a failed institution in its current form.

We begin by not taking it [the United Nations] seriously.

Without the U. N., world politics is inconceivable.

When did the American people decide that U. S. foreign policy should be conducted through the United Nations.

The Secretary General of the United Nations is more of a secretary than a general.

We were instrumental in creating the United Nations and the World Bank, and now we threaten their health.

The United States does not feel any need to consult with anybody … except when it suits them.

The President professes a faith in the United Nations but his actions and statements are not designed to give life or vitality to that organization.

The best thing that most Americans can say about the UN is that it is ineffectual. That’s the best thing.