John Bolton Quotes on Time (9 Quotes)

Quite some time ago the president said unequivocally we support the development goals in the millennium summit declaration, ... Now that's different from the goals that were actually written by the secretariat. There is no backing away by the United States in the support for the millennium summit declaration.

This is not a 60-minute clock like football, ... We've got time. We're going to keep working.

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 reality. It's not a happy reality, but it's reality and if you don't deal with it, it will become even more unpleasant.

Time is short, ... open to alternative formats if they help us achieve consensus.

This is a moment of crisis for the United Nations. If we don't get serious reform, it's going to put us in a very difficult position, It's now two months since the end of the September summit and we have essentially not made progress since that point. We've got a lot of work to do and there's not a lot of time to do it

The negotiating process ... is like making sausage. It isn't necessarily pretty. It takes a long time, and that's the process we're engaged in.

I believe in discipline. I think daily briefings constitute a form of intellectual discipline. Starting on time is a form of discipline. I failed today.

I think this is just a matter of time.

We joined in the consensus. We said at the time, and we believe now that it was an important first step in a process of U.N. reform. It was not the alpha and the omega everything we were seeking, but we never thought it would be the alpha and the omega.