John Bolton Quotes
American foreign policy decision makers should be responsible for and accountable to Americans, not to "world opinion," or "the international community" …
John Bolton, Senior Vice President, American Enterprise Institute, "What Price Human Rights," The National Interest, Summer 1999
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This seems to be origin of the slogan that was used by the extreme right wing opponents of fighting Hitler in WWII and an isolationist minor political party that formed in 1944.
Exxon Mobil is one of America’s largest corporations. It is headquartered in Texas, uses American Government funded research, functions under the protection of the U. S. abroad, benefits from the U. S. Navy keeping the oil sea lanes open and safe, and yet claims no obligation to the condition and future of the United States. It is one of the largest polluters in America and was responsible for the Exxon Valdez destruction of much of Alaska’s shores. And it benefits from special American tax breaks for oil companies, American pipelines and sells much of its products to the U. S. Government. It harasses environmental scientists who document their environmental impact. The company spends more money for lobbying American politicians and gives large donations to politicians and American political parties. Exxon Mobil violates the American Corrupt Practices Act and other American laws. No other large American corporation has taken such an unpatriotic position in modern times. Critics argue that if Foreign Governments are not allowed to donate money to influence American politics, why should this company which by its own admission does not function with American interests in mind.
Buchanan was the first major Republican to advocate isolationism since that was the backbone of Republican Party ideology in the decades before WWII. This was a large reversal from the Internationalism and Manifest Destiny of Republicans under Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. After Roosevelt’s great leadership making the United States the preeminent power in the World, the Republicans also espoused that direction and even took it further than the Democrats. But Buchanan was advocating another Republican Flip Flop, and while he found little support from Republican Party regulars, he fired up a small but intense group—most;y white males who were not college graduates. These Buchanan supporters became the nucleus of the Tea Party that would come to prominence 20 years later.
John Robert Bolton is an American attorney, diplomat, Republican consultant and political commentator who served as the 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006 and as the 27th United States National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019.
