Quote

I know that our country is strongest when we lead the world, when we lead strong alliances. And that's the way Eisenhower and Reagan and Kennedy and others did it.

John F. Kerry

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John F. Kerry
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
Aircraft Pilot
Diplomat
Lawyer
Naval Officer
Peace Activist
Politician
Aurora
Colorado
John Forbes Kerry
Kerry
John F. Kerry
World
Kennedy
Reagan
Strongest
Lead
Strong
Others
Country
Eisenhower
Way
Alliances

More quotes by John F. Kerry

Image
My definition of patriotism is to defend your country with the truth, no matter the consequences.
John F. Kerry
Image
And whatever our faith - whatever our faith, one belief should bind us all: The measure of our character is our willingness to give of ourselves for others and for our country.
John F. Kerry
Image
I'm not insensitive to the jobs. I'm desperately concerned about those jobs. But you don't fix them by pandering to people and telling them you're going to shut the door. You have to grow jobs.
John F. Kerry
Image
After Mitt Romney said it would be naive to go into Pakistan to pursue the terrorists, it took President Obama, against the advice of many, to give that order and finally rid this earth of Osama bin Laden. Ask Osama bin Laden is he is better off now than he was four years ago.
John F. Kerry
Image
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.
John F. Kerry
Image
If you think I would have gone to war the way George Bush did, don't vote for me.
John F. Kerry
Image
My friends, that's trickle-down economics, and I believe every worker in America is tired of being trickled on by George W. Bush
John F. Kerry
Image
The military's job is to win the war. A president's job is to win the peace.
John F. Kerry
Image
There's an agreement that Syria should be a unified country, united that it needs to be secular that ISIL needs to be taken on and that there needs to be a managed transition, but there is a difference obviously in what that means and what that outcome may or may not be.
John F. Kerry
Image
I'm motivated by my passion for our basic values, protecting our interests, and for protecting the future.
John F. Kerry
Image
And if [Vladimir Putin] does fight ISIL alone, how does it work out for Russia to have sided with Assad, sided with Iran, sided with Hizballah, when they're trying to reach out to the rest of the Sunni world in the region? That's not a good equation for Russia.
John F. Kerry
Image
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.
John F. Kerry
Image
The race for the White House should be about leadership, and leadership requires that one help heal the wounds of Vietnam, not reopen them.
John F. Kerry
Image
Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.
John F. Kerry
Image
A fundamental premise of politics is we can make this work if people just never figure it out.
John F. Kerry
Image
I think the world is safer without Iran with a nuclear weapon. The world has got the potential to be safer if we fully implement the Paris agreement.
John F. Kerry
Image
I'm not going to put my energy into focusing on things that are hypothetical that we don't know.
John F. Kerry
Image
We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.
John F. Kerry
Image
War on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law-enforcement operation.
John F. Kerry
Image
It's one thing to be certain, but you can be certain and you can be wrong.
John F. Kerry