We need to talk to all the players in the Middle East, not because we agree with them, but because they play… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
There's an agreement that Syria should be a unified country, united; that it needs to be secular; that ISIL needs to be… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein, and those who believe today that we… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
So we can do a better job of homeland security. I can do a better job of waging a smarter, more effective… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
There is a much cheaper way, less complicated way to bring Iraq and Saddam Hussein to its knees: it is simply to… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Remember the hours after September 11th when we came together as one to answer the attack against our homeland. We drew strength… — 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
We achieved a deal with the Russians that didn't wind up in two days of strikes that would have sent a, quote,… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Let me just say you could end this violence within a very short period of time, have a complete ceasefire - which… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We have staring us in the face here an enormous opportunity to actually find a way forward to have peace and stability… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
This revolution began with young people in Syria demonstrating because they wanted a future. They wanted opportunity, education, and so forth. They… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
After Mitt Romney said it would be naive to go into Pakistan to pursue the terrorists, it took President Obama, against the… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
It appears that with the deadline for exile come and gone, Saddam Hussein has chosen to make military force the ultimate weapons… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
There is some schedule showing what you (need) to do to get Iraqis standing up and defending themselves which is now suddenly… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Those localized efforts take a long time and they don't deal with the larger issue of ISIL and the question of what… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Glossed over the disastrous war and its multibillion-dollar price tag and implied again that our presence in Iraq is somehow improving the… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
It's likely that people will say we're all interested in destroying - ISIL is a threat to everybody. There isn't one country… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
As I have said for two years now, when Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda were cornered in the mountains of Tora Bora,… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Our military is overextended. Nine out of 10 active-duty Army divisions are either in Iraq, going to Iraq or have come back… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Iraq may not be the war on terror itself, but it is critical to the outcome of the war on terror, and… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
George Bush sold us on going to war with Iraq based on the threat of weapons of mass destruction. But we still… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Palestinians need to stop the incitement. They need to stop that kind of activity. But at the same time, there is a… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
If Russia is there [in Syria] alone fighting them [ISIL], guess what? Russia becomes the target and Russia starts seeing - who… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The agreement is fundamentally that we want to try to resolve this. The agreement is that ISIL is a threat to everybody,… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I mean, all of these things that [Bashar Assad] has done, there's no way even if President Obama wanted to just play… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
It is the duty of any president, in the final analysis, to defend this nation and dispel the security threat. Saddam Hussein… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
You cannot bring peace in Syria as long as [Bashar] Assad is, in fact, there. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
America must always be the world's paramount military power, but we can magnify our power through alliances. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“If [Bashar] Assad himself could save this whole process by saying, "I will engage in a managed transition where we all work together to stabilize the government, save the institutions of government, and turn on ISIL and preserve Syria." That could happen. It all depends on one man, and Russia and…” quote by John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/999/john-f-kerry-996_assad_if-bashar-assad-himself-could-save-this_309200.jpg)
![“If Russia is there [in Syria] alone fighting them [ISIL], guess what? Russia becomes the target and Russia starts seeing - who knows - MANPADs will find their way in there, airplanes will fall out of the sky. They will become vilified. They'll become the new magnet, together with Assad, for the…” quote by John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ee2/john-f-kerry-996_airplane_if-russia-is-there-in-syria-alone-fighti_477624.jpg)
![“I mean, all of these things that [Bashar Assad] has done, there's no way even if President Obama wanted to just play along that you could actually achieve peace, because there are 65 million Sunni in between Baghdad and the border of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, who will never, ever again accept Assad…” quote by John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bfd/john-f-kerry-996_accepting_i-mean-all-of-these-things-that-bashar-a_3077391.jpg)
![“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 is this fiction that he is somehow the only person who can save Syria? There's - with Assad there, there is no Syria. So that's what the Iranians and the…” quote by John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f3d/john-f-kerry-996_assad_people-talk-about-bashar-assad-running-s_24339.jpg)
![“You cannot bring peace in Syria as long as [Bashar] Assad is, in fact, there.” quote by John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/41d/john-f-kerry-996_assad_you-cannot-bring-peace-in-syria-as-long_56711.jpg)
