"Maybe it’s my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard." ― John Bolton Topic(s): Government More From John Bolton "I’ve been subject to how many security clearance procedures and I must say as irritating as some people may find them I think they are absolutely essential to making sure that people who work in sensitive positions in the national security field in our government are entirely loyal to the United States." "I’m not sure history has ended." "Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war." More In Government "Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be."― Sydney J. Harris "Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges."― Thomas W. Higginson "I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time."― H. L. Mencken