John F. Kerry

One of the most cherished photographs in my life is a picture of me with John Lennon - who I met back…

— John F. Kerry

It's very hard to get other countries to give up their weapons when you're busy developing a new one.

— John F. Kerry

President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be…

— John F. Kerry

I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that…

— John F. Kerry

There is no bigger judgment for a president of the United States than how you take a nation to war.

— John F. Kerry

You can't play sports without losing sometimes and, in losing, you learn something about grace and how to act under pressure.

— John F. Kerry

The world has to save Syria. I mean, this has dramatic implications for the entire region, globally.

— John F. Kerry

America has an ability to try to make some things happen that other countries don't necessarily have.

— John F. Kerry

Republican secretaries of state from Kissinger to Baker, Powell to Rice, President Bush, 71 United States Senators all supported President Obama's new…

— John F. Kerry

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

America that has done more to support Israel than any other country cannot be true to our own values if we allow…

— John F. Kerry

What is happening is policy in Israel is being driven by the settlers who don't support a two-state solution, who want their…

— John F. Kerry

In the 1950s and '60s, America's natural resources were in bad shape. Communities were so polluted that clouds of smog lingered over…

— John F. Kerry

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

Foreign policy is effectively the assertion of many individual countries intersecting on the global marketplace. And you have to figure out how…

— John F. Kerry

I want to fully fund education, No Child Left Behind, special-needs education. And that's how we're going to be more competitive, by…

— John F. Kerry

I had a chance to talk with President [Vladimir] Putin and he clearly said to me very directly, "I will think about…

— John F. Kerry

Let me just say you could end this violence within a very short period of time, have a complete ceasefire - which…

— John F. Kerry

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

The fact is that in too many parts of our country, we still have discrimination. And affirmative action is not just something…

— John F. Kerry

I’ve often said that global climate change is an issue where no one has the luxury of being “half-pregnant.” You either are…

— John F. Kerry

I do think that it's really important for leaders of countries to be very clear and careful in the statements they make…

— John F. Kerry

We will fight anyone who wishes to impose a totalitarian system upon a free society, and we will always prevail. But we…

— John F. Kerry

I don't believe we need a good conservative judge, and I don't believe we need a good liberal judge. I subscribe to…

— John F. Kerry

War on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law-enforcement operation.

— John F. Kerry

My friends, that's trickle-down economics, and I believe every worker in America is tired of being trickled on by George W. Bush

— John F. Kerry

I'm not going to put my energy into focusing on things that are hypothetical that we don't know.

— John F. Kerry

These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen.

— John F. Kerry

I came into public life during the 1960s when a whole bunch of us believed in our ability to change the world.…

— John F. Kerry

I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states to decide.

— John F. Kerry

The Paris Agreement's going to continue without the United States of America.

— John F. Kerry

I believe America is safest and strongest when we are leading the world and we are leading strong alliances.

— John F. Kerry

We will not be derailed by criminal anarchists who legitimately claim a religious cause.

— John F. Kerry

Great challenges confront our great nation. We seek to meet them by rising to the task, not by defining our country down.

— 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

I just want to assure you that both President Bush and I have very firm alibis.

— John F. Kerry

Remember the hours after Sept. 11 when we came together as one...It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it…

— John F. Kerry

I went into the Navy because I love the ocean, and I am still privileged to have a place that I can…

— John F. Kerry

I look forward to standing up and holding George Bush accountable for pushing seniors off of Medicare into HMOs.

— John F. Kerry

What we need now is not just a regime change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a regime change in…

— John F. Kerry