John Bolton Quotes
We find an organization that is deeply troubled by bad management, by sex and corruption and by a growing lack of confidence in its ability to carry out missions that are given to them.
John Bolton, United States Representative to the United Nations (Republican), Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Speech on the United Nations, Federalist Symposium, Columbia University, February 2006
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In the older Communist economy companies, profit was not required so companies hired many workers to provide employment for as many as possible. Under the newer economic system companies had to become efficient and profitable. But old traditions die hard.
4 weeks later Lance resigned as Budget Director over ethical lapses.
In one of America's first intelligence scandals, some OSS intelligence operatives in post-war Berlin had amassed a small fortune in black market gold, currency and art treasures before they were caught by the military police:
WHO is the World Health Organization which is a part of the United Nations. It’s major goal is to provide public health assistance to third world nations. It came under fire for a range of abuses including arrogance, waste of money for flying first class and opulent offices, trying to control the Internet health domain, allowing political considerations to influence public health policies and practices, nepotism and cronyism producing second rate staff “experts,” mismanagement, fraud, waste and abuse, and others. It does some excellent heath work, but like other units of the United Nations is am administrative mess.
This is one of the FDR quotations, which his opponents then, and many conservatives later, characterized as “class warfare.” This type of accusation has in part protected business leaders and those who control wealth from public accountability. Similar business leader resentment was levied against President Obama when he criticized the Bankers and Wall Street leaders whose behavior, in great part, was the cause of the economic meltdown and recession of 2008.
Hooker made some very poor decisions as far as Lincoln was concerned.
Ex HEW Secretary John Gardner, the founder of the citizens' lobby, Common Cause, was testifying before Hays' committee: Gardner, considered an excellent Secretary by most, was a reformer who was making some suggestions not to Hays’ liking. This quote was Hays’ reposponse to Gardner. Hays was not only a bully but his lack of tact caused the State Departmemt much trouble. See {622348}.
The George W. Bush administration had a strong penchant for loyalty and would not fire Republican officials who had proved incompetent or unethical. In the midst of a disastrous Iraq War, there was a sex scandal in the House of Representatives whereby a Republican member was making homosexual advances to young pages. The House Republican leadership had tried to cover it up rather than protect the pages. Yet no one was fired even after the Congressman resigned and admitted it.
TR won the Nobel Peace prize for mediating between Czarist Russia and the Japanese both of which believed he thought well of them.
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.
