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I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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America is the one that leads the effort to make sure the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is protected.
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American soldiers [are] going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the ñ of ñ the historical customs, religious customs.
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I believe America is safest and strongest when we are leading the world and we are leading strong alliances.
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These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen.
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I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the people who sent them to Washington in the first place.
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If America is at war, I won't speak a word without measuring how it'll sound to the guys doing the fighting when they're listening to their radios in the desert.
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The race for the White House should be about leadership, and leadership requires that one help heal the wounds of Vietnam, not reopen them.
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I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations.
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If you think I would have gone to war the way George Bush did, don't vote for me.
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Gender based violence anywhere is a threat to peace and security everywhere.
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I know that our country is strongest when we lead the world, when we lead strong alliances. And that's the way Eisenhower and Reagan and Kennedy and others did it.
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As President, I will not be the last to know what is going on in my command.
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Unlike George Bush and his friends at the big oil companies, I'm going to work for a real energy policy for this country that decreases America's dependence on foreign oil and helps lower the costs to American families.
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I have a plan to protect the environment so that we leave this place in better shape to our children than we were handed it by our parents.
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I think there has been an exaggeration [of the terrorist threat].
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We have to recognize that there is a strong, fresh wind blowing, powered by these new information technologies. It will be increasingly difficult for dictators to impose their will through sheer brutality.
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I know something about aircraft carriers for real.
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