John F. Kerry

Reduce US military presence in Iraq; and bring in neighbors.

— John F. Kerry

Democrats proposing success in Iraq by political solution.

— John F. Kerry

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

— John F. Kerry

You can't let concerns stop you; they drive you and they motivate you.

— John F. Kerry

So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

— John F. Kerry

I've been having problems with the right wing lately.

— John F. Kerry

We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure.

— John F. Kerry

What we do right now, today, matters.

— John F. Kerry

I am committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct for government officials.

— John F. Kerry

I'm going to be honest with you - I don't know a lot about Cuba's healthcare system. Is it a government-run system?

— John F. Kerry

I'm motivated by my passion for our basic values, protecting our interests, and for protecting the future.

— John F. Kerry

President Obama and I both believe we don't have time for a meeting anywhere of the Flat Earth Society.

— John F. Kerry

Climate change, if unchecked, is an urgent threat to health, food supplies, biodiversity, and livelihoods across the globe.

— John F. Kerry

If you don't have two states, you have one state, already the non-Jewish population outnumbers the Jewish population in one state.

— John F. Kerry

[Bashar] Assad has made a series of choices ever since then that is literally destroying his country.

— John F. Kerry

Middle class Americans don't ask for special favors, they just want basic fairness, and a President who fights for that ideal.

— John F. Kerry

When I was in Vietnam I learned a lot about the promises that soldiers make to each other. The Marines have a…

— John F. Kerry

Mitt Romney says he believes in America and that he will restore American exceptionalism. I have news for him, we already have…

— John F. Kerry

Violence has to end. And Israelis have a bright to defend themselves against any violence that is attacking innocent people with a…

— John F. Kerry

NAFTA recognizes the reality of today's economy - globalization and technology. Our future is not in competing at the low-level wage job;…

— John F. Kerry

We need a new approach to national security - a bold, progressive internationalism that stands in stark contrast to the too often…

— John F. Kerry

Democracy relies on free speech. Yes, say anything you want, but it relies even more on the speech being truthful. It is…

— John F. Kerry

If Saddam Hussein is unwilling to bend to the international community's already existing order, then he will have invited enforcement, even if…

— John F. Kerry

I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning…

— John F. Kerry

We have to create a process which has legitimacy for the people of Syria. And we have to have a process where…

— John F. Kerry

My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved…

— John F. Kerry

The fact is that you literally, by definition, cannot have a Jewish state and a democratic state and have a whole bunch…

— John F. Kerry

Capturing Saddam Hussein and ensuring that this brutal dictator will never return to power is an important step toward stabilizing Iraq for…

— John F. Kerry

The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has…

— John F. Kerry

People talk about [Bashar] Assad running Syria. He doesn't control his own country. He's down to about 20, 25 percent of the…

— John F. Kerry

Assassination, kidnappings and suicide attacks have become too much the standard operating procedure in the Islamic world. So much so that the…

— John F. Kerry

If the tea party folks would go out there and get angry because they think their taxes are too high, for God's…

— John F. Kerry

Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today…

— John F. Kerry

America deserves a real discussion about real policy.

— John F. Kerry

Ask Osama bin Laden is he is better off now than he was four years ago.

— John F. Kerry

Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.

— John F. Kerry

I mean does Israel want a third Intifada?

— John F. Kerry

We still have a lot of work to do to protect our own democracy.

— John F. Kerry

I think there has been an exaggeration [of the terrorist threat].

— John F. Kerry

Bush-McCain stategy in Iraq is policy to stay, not to win.

— John F. Kerry