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I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

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John F. Kerry
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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Even as a supporter of Roe v. Wade, I am compelled to acknowledge that the language both sides use on this subject can be unfortunately misleading and unconstructive.... Everyone is worse off for it.
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As a public person, I've always tried to reflect what is embodied in our defining ideals as a nation about equality and fairness and justice and so forth.
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Think about this: terrorism, epidemics, poverty, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction-all challenges that know no borders-the reality is that climate change ranks right up there with every single one of them.
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Our troops are terrorizing women and children in the dark of night in Iraq.
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I'm not going to put my energy into focusing on things that are hypothetical that we don't know.
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Confronting climate change is, in the long run, one of the greatest challenges that we face, and you can see this duty or responsibility laid down in scriptures, clearly.
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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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America that has done more to support Israel than any other country cannot be true to our own values if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed before our own eyes.
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We need to talk to all the players in the Middle East, not because we agree with them, but because they play a role.
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Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.
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There is a much cheaper way, less complicated way to bring Iraq and Saddam Hussein to its knees: it is simply to send the Bush economic team over there and let them run the country.
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It's one thing to be certain, but you can be certain and you can be wrong.
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I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning killing.
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Great challenges confront our great nation. We seek to meet them by rising to the task, not by defining our country down.
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It's likely that people will say we're all interested in destroying - ISIL is a threat to everybody. There isn't one country in the region that doesn't despise what ISIL stands for and is doing and that doesn't want to eliminate them.
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I want to start by saying something nice about President Bush. Of all the presidents we've had with the last name of Bush, his economic plan ranks in the top two.
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I just want to assure you that both President Bush and I have very firm alibis.
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I had a chance to talk with President [Vladimir] Putin and he clearly said to me very directly, I will think about that. I will think about this challenge of how we win. Look, this is not easy for Putin. Everybody says, Oh, Putin's made a big move. Well, Putin is [in Syria] now and if he wants to fight ISIL alone, that's a challenge, folks
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Patriots don't go to Russia. They don't seek asylum in Cuba. They don't seek asylum in Venezuela. They fight their cause here. Edward Snowden is a coward. He is a traitor. And he has betrayed his country. And if he wants to come home tomorrow to face the music, he can do so.
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That is what Americans do. We face a challenge - no matter how great - because we know that on the other side there is always hope.
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