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
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… — 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
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
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
Nobody's interests are served by what's happening in Syria today. It's a catastrophe. It's the worst human catastrophe since World War II.… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
So my judgment is that Syria will move; Syria will change, as it embraces a legitimate relationship with the United States and… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
[Bashar] Assad himself has said on several occasions recently that if the people of Syria don't believe I should be there in… — 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
If the threat is jihadism - and it is - and the threat is the destruction of Syria so that all of… — 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 accept that friends of ours have decided that the President's non-strike has somehow impacted perceptions of us. But I believe they… — 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
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
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
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
We should focus more on the things we've accomplished, but I mean, obviously Syria disturbs me greatly and I'm not happy with… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Sunni are the majority of the [Syria], 60 to 65 percent. They've been ruled by [Bashar] Assad, who represents a minority Alawite… — 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
The world has to save Syria. I mean, this has dramatic implications for the entire region, globally. — 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
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 met with many of - a number of [Syrian] refugees in Berlin the other day, and I was struck by how… — 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