I've met foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, but boy, they look at you and say, you've got… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We do not need more division. We certainly do not need something as complex and emotional as Vietnam reduced to simple campaign… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
What we need to do is raise the minimum wage. We also need to hold onto equal pay. Women work for 76… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The Russians need to understand that you cannot have peace [in Syria] unless you resolve the question of Sunni buy-in. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We do not need to divide America over who served and how. I have personally always believed that many served in many… — 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
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 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
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 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… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We need to put our faith and trust in the people on the frontlines -- and back it up with real resources.… — 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
And now that the Greatest Generation is getting older, I think it is the responsibility of all Americans to make sure we… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
What we have to do is go on the offensive. [The science on climate change] has been maligned and misinterpreted, and we… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
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 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
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
The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country,… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We need a new approach to national security - a bold, progressive internationalism that stands in stark contrast to the too often… — 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
What we Americans need to do is respect that incredible blessing that we have as a nation and make sure that we… — 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
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