John Kerry Short Quotes

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It's the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president.

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And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.

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It is wrong to tell scientists that they can't cross the frontiers of new knowledge.

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If you don't believe... Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn't vote for me.

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America must always be the world's paramount military power, but we can magnify our power through alliances.

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How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

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I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side.

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We're going to keep pounding. These guys [Bush Administration] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen. It's scary.

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Terrorist organizations with specific political agendas may be encouraged and emboldened by Yasser Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman.

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Strong leadership demands more than the willingness to use force. It means directing the use of the right tools at the right time for the right purpose and the right cause.

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I commanded a naval gunboat patrolling the Mekong Delta. Then when I came home after two tours of duty, I decided that the same sense of service demanded something more of me.

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We have an electorate that doesn't always pay that much attention to what's going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or truth or what's happening.

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There is some schedule showing what you (need) to do to get Iraqis standing up and defending themselves which is now suddenly beginning to happen, so there are some signs of progress.

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We need a new approach to national security - a bold, progressive internationalism that stands in stark contrast to the too often belligerent and myopic unilateralism of the Bush Administration.

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