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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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If Russia is there [in Syria] alone fighting them [ISIL], guess what? Russia becomes the target and Russia starts seeing - who knows - MANPADs will find their way in there, airplanes will fall out of the sky. They will become vilified. They'll become the new magnet, together with Assad, for the jihadis.
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If America can go to the moon, then in the decades to come we should not ever have to have young Americans sent to any part of the world to defend and die for America`s gluttony on fossil fuel.
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So we can do a better job of homeland security. I can do a better job of waging a smarter, more effective war on terror and guarantee that we will go after the terrorists. I will hunt them down, and we'll kill them, we'll capture them. We'll do whatever is necessary to be safe.
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We should focus more on the things we've accomplished, but I mean, obviously Syria disturbs me greatly and I'm not happy with where Syria is.
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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 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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It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.
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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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America is the one that has led the effort to strengthen NATO and strengthen the front-line states against Russia's pressures.
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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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America is the most powerful economy in the world. We're an $18-trillion-dollar economy.
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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 with its neighbors.
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So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.
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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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George Bush's vision does not live up to the America I enlisted in the Navy to defend, the America I have fought for in the Senate, and the America that I hope to lead as president.
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Our troops are terrorizing women and children in the dark of night in Iraq.
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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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We're in a battle for our lives for things that really matter to us. There's a shell game going on like I've never seen before.
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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 were sent to Vietnam to kill Communism. But we found instead that we were killing women and children.
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