John F. Kerry

I think there has been an exaggeration [of the terrorist threat].

— John F. Kerry

We still have a lot of work to do to protect our own democracy.

— John F. Kerry

As the saying goes, I have big heels to fill.

— John F. Kerry

Bush-McCain stategy in Iraq is policy to stay, not to win.

— John F. Kerry

America deserves a real discussion about real policy.

— John F. Kerry

We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure.

— John F. Kerry

What we do right now, today, matters.

— John F. Kerry

So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

— John F. Kerry

You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!

— John F. Kerry

I love to play guitar and hack around. I was in a band when I was in high school. I never learned…

— John F. Kerry

George Bush sold us on going to war with Iraq based on the threat of weapons of mass destruction. But we still…

— John F. Kerry

If we can't have a serious conversation without politicizing it on cable TV and making it a scoring point for one day,…

— John F. Kerry

I think, in the long run, we have to wean ourselves from a carbon-based economy. We absolutely have to.

— John F. Kerry

I am a veteran, I fought in a war. I've been a prosecutor. I've sent people to jail for the rest of…

— John F. Kerry

That's what I am standing up for - Israel's future as a Jewish and democratic state living side-by-side in peace and security…

— John F. Kerry

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

In the time I've spent in public life, one of the things I've learned is that some issues look a lot different…

— John F. Kerry

I know that our country is strongest when we lead the world, when we lead strong alliances. And that's the way Eisenhower…

— John F. Kerry

American soldiers [are] going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking…

— John F. Kerry

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

I think the world is safer without Iran with a nuclear weapon. The world has got the potential to be safer if…

— John F. Kerry

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

You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort…

— John F. Kerry

In order to have the best intelligence in the world to know who the terrorists are and where they are and what…

— John F. Kerry

Those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein, and those who believe today that we…

— John F. Kerry

If the tea party folks would go out there and get angry because they think their taxes are too high, for God's…

— John F. Kerry

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

Assassination, kidnappings and suicide attacks have become too much the standard operating procedure in the Islamic world. So much so that the…

— John F. Kerry

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

Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose…

— John F. Kerry

When President Bush sees America, he sees only a military superpower. I see a moral and idealistic beacon. Mr. Bush may talk…

— John F. Kerry

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

Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today…

— John F. Kerry

I've been having problems with the right wing lately.

— John F. Kerry

You can't let concerns stop you; they drive you and they motivate you.

— John F. Kerry

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

— John F. Kerry

Democrats proposing success in Iraq by political solution.

— John F. Kerry

Reduce US military presence in Iraq; and bring in neighbors.

— John F. Kerry

I mean does Israel want a third Intifada?

— John F. Kerry

Ask Osama bin Laden is he is better off now than he was four years ago.

— John F. Kerry