I am committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct for government officials. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I get always a little uptight when I hear politicians say how exceptional America is. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We cannot fight communism all over the world, and I think we should have learned that lesson by now. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
A fundamental premise of politics is we can make this work if people just never figure it out. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Terrorist organizations with specific political agendas may be encouraged and emboldened by Yasser Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I can tell you, Massachusetts, fastest growing sector of our economy is clean energy and energy efficiency companies. And they're growing faster… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
It's pretty standard fare in political discourse. You misconstrue what somebody said. You isolate a statement, you lend your interpretation to it… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
An old American patriot described today's situation very well. As America fought for its independence, Benjamin Franklin said, "we must all hang… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
In American elections there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates win or lose, the next morning we wake up… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We don't differ with the government on the demands [on Iran], but we totally reject how Bibi is handling it. Bibi sacrificed… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
If the threat is jihadism - and it is - and the threat is the destruction of Syria so that all of… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Patriots don't go to Russia. They don't seek asylum in Cuba. They don't seek asylum in Venezuela. They fight their cause here.… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Young people have so much more power than they tend to think to be able to affect politics. And if people will… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
If [Bashar] Assad himself could save this whole process by saying, "I will engage in a managed transition where we all work… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
In case after case, President Bush's actions have made American women less safe and less secure -- on the job and on… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I think that for many of us, the years of the Civil Rights movements - Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy running for… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We are being Americans when we hold our government to account. We are being false to our troops when we send them… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I am sympathetic to developing countries’ concerns: because of our emissions it’s their crops that will disappear; because of our inaction, it’s their fields… — John F. Kerry Copy Share
The fact is that in too many parts of our country, we still have discrimination. And affirmative action is not just something that applies… — John F. Kerry Copy Share
People talk about [Bashar] Assad running Syria. He doesn't control his own country. He's down to about 20, 25 percent of the country. What… — John F. Kerry Copy Share
I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations. — John F. Kerry Copy Share
You cannot bring peace in Syria as long as [Bashar] Assad is, in fact, there. — John F. Kerry Copy Share
There's an agreement that Syria should be a unified country, united; that it needs to be secular; that ISIL needs to be taken on;… — John F. Kerry Copy Share
It's very hard to get other countries to give up their weapons when you're busy developing a new one. — John F. Kerry Copy Share
There is no bigger judgment for a president of the United States than how you take a nation to war. — John F. Kerry Copy Share
I have confidence in my campaign. I have assembled a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush, and any rumors to… — John F. Kerry Copy Share
In a few years, you should be able to plug your American-made plug-in hybrid into the outlet in your garage, so that you never… — John F. Kerry Copy Share
Unlike Washington, which is stuck in ideological gridlock, Americans feel the impact of climate change in their own hometowns and they know something must… — John F. Kerry Copy Share
America must always be the world's paramount military power, but we can magnify our power through alliances. — John F. Kerry Copy Share
We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts, — John F. Kerry Copy Share
War should be not a war of choice; it should be a war of necessity. And it should be a last resort. — John F. Kerry Copy Share