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John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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What we Americans need to do is respect that incredible blessing that we have as a nation and make sure that we are leading in the best ways possible.
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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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If you don't believe ... Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn't vote for me.
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No one is going to question my commitment to the defence of our nation. I don't know what it is these Republicans, who didn't serve in any war, have against those of us who are Democrats who did.
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The problems of health care can be solved if we stop giving tax cuts to those who have the most, and start making health care affordable for those working harder and harder for too little.
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Three-quarters of [Bashar Assad] country is displaced. It's in Jordan, it's in Lebanon, it's in Turkey, and in the desert. The threat is that those people in the desert and others could become the next acolytes of ISIL if we don't find a way to join together to go after ISIL.
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The agreement is fundamentally that we want to try to resolve this. The agreement is that ISIL is a threat to everybody, and we need to come together to find a way to fight ISIL. The agreement is that we want to save Syria, keep it unified, keep it secular. So surely in those very fundamental principles on which we could agree.
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I know something about aircraft carriers for real.
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I think George Mitchell is a consummate professional. He is the ideal selection to handle the job of special envoy if you choose to have a special envoy.
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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've been having problems with the right wing lately.
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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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We need a new approach to national security - a bold, progressive internationalism that stands in stark contrast to the too often belligerent and myopic unilateralism of the Bush Administration.
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Gender based violence anywhere is a threat to peace and security everywhere.
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Bush-McCain stategy in Iraq is policy to stay, not to win.
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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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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 were sent to Vietnam to kill Communism. But we found instead that we were killing women and children.
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There should be a Transatlantic renaissance between the US and Europe based on shared prosperity, security, and values.
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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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