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
As President, I will not be the last to know what is going on in my command. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
George Bush's vision does not live up to the America I enlisted in the Navy to defend, the America I have fought… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Thank you very much for contacting me to express your support for the actions of President Bush in response to the Iraqi… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We don't need a president who just says, "Gentlemen, start your engines." We need a president who says, America, let's start our… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I think it's time we had a President who will provide the only real economic security: good jobs. A President who will… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein. And when the president made the decision, I supported him, and… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I believe that this president [George W. Bush], regrettably, rushed us into a war, made decisions about foreign policy, pushed alliances away.… — 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 will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I think, all in all, the Obama administration and what President Obama has focused on has lived up to our need to… — 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
I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America. — 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