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I believe America is safest and strongest when we are leading the world and we are leading strong alliances.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.
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We will fight anyone who wishes to impose a totalitarian system upon a free society, and we will always prevail. But we will not do so with a fear-stricken administration which seeks to deprive us of freedoms in the name of 'defending' us from the terrorists, who also seek to deprive us of our freedoms.
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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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There are issues of war and peace. And then, there are issues of life and death like this one that are no less morally compelling than war itself.
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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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Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, others, knew how to lead. They knew how to ask the American people for the right things.
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Here I am in the state of New Mexico. George Bush is still in the state of denial. New Mexico has five electoral votes. The state of denial has none. I like my chances.
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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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I think, all in all, the Obama administration and what President Obama has focused on has lived up to our need to protect American interests, to live our values and assert our values, and to stand up for future generations.
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