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
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
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 think the United States is still the indispensable force for positive change and for rule of law and for order and… — 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
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
I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an Atheist.… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I will never conduct a war or start a war because we want to; the United States of America should only go… — 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
It's the [George Bush] president's fiscal policies that have driven up the biggest deficits in American history. He's added more debt to… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
This President has made, I regret to say, a colossal error of judgment. and judgment is what we look for in the… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Republican secretaries of state from Kissinger to Baker, Powell to Rice, President Bush, 71 United States Senators all supported President Obama's new… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We deserve a president of the United States who will write laws for all Americans, not for campaign contributors. And I intend… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We must recognize that there is no indication that Saddam Hussein has any intention of relenting. So we have an obligation of… — 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
Just the fact that we can't pass budgets in our Congress, just the fact that we are gridlocked in our own democracy,… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Regime change has been an American policy under the Clinton administration, and it is the current policy. I support the policy. But… — 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 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