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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: 81
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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I believe it is both unwise and even wrong to interfere in the affairs of other nations. Indeed, if we are honest, we will see that this is one of the reasons for 9-11.
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There is no bigger judgment for a president of the United States than how you take a nation to war.
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What we need to do is raise the minimum wage. We also need to hold onto equal pay. Women work for 76 cents on the dollar for the same work that men do. That's not right in America.
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Violence has to end. And Israelis have a bright to defend themselves against any violence that is attacking innocent people with a knife in the old city in Jerusalem or elsewhere. No country should be under siege like that.
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It's hard to say that something is legitimate when a whole portion of the country can't vote and doesn't vote.
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War on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law-enforcement operation.
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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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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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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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Palestinians need to stop the incitement. They need to stop that kind of activity. But at the same time, there is a need to see the broader conflict here and understand that there has to be some kind of ultimately negotiated political track that's going to resolve the difference between Palestinians and Israelis.
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We are not interested in a proxy war. Our objective is to change Russia's behavior.
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In order to have the best intelligence in the world to know who the terrorists are and where they are and what they're plotting, you've got to have the best cooperation you've ever had in the world.
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These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen.
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I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.
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Jesus did not help just the sick who could afford to pay for it.
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I'm motivated by my passion for our basic values, protecting our interests, and for protecting the future.
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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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When I was in Vietnam I learned a lot about the promises that soldiers make to each other. The Marines have a promise to never leave behind their dead. In this country, as citizen soldiers, we need to make the commitment to each other that we will never leave our veterans behind.
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Reduce US military presence in Iraq and bring in neighbors.
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We spent a fair amount of time on Ukraine. And I think there's a path that we discussed that we will follow up on in order to try to resolve some of the outstanding issues in order to fully implement Minsk.
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