Quote by John Bolton
Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war.

Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war. – John Bolton

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There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. Thats not the call of patriotism. – John Bolton

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People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that its assassination on a much larger scale, a much more horrific scale. – John Bolton

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Well, Im a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom. – John Bolton

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Another term for preventive war is aggressive war – starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition. – Ron Paul

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The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it. – John Podhoretz

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There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war – nothing material or ideological – no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating. – George Wald

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Weve finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they dont want to fight it. They would except that it would put them on the same side as the United States. – Ann Coulter

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