I'm a person who has always believed that you tell people the truth, and they'll make reasonable decisions. Truth is powerful. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
My definition of patriotism is to defend your country with the truth, no matter the consequences. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We have an electorate that doesn't always pay that much attention to what's going on so people are influenced by a simple… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Democracy relies on free speech. Yes, say anything you want, but it relies even more on the speech being truthful. It is… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
You can't have responsibility and you can't have us living up to our ideals unless it's based on a fairly common acceptance… — 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
![“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)
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