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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.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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You can't play sports without losing sometimes and, in losing, you learn something about grace and how to act under pressure.
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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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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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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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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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You cannot bring peace in Syria as long as [Bashar] Assad is, in fact, there.
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It appears that with the deadline for exile come and gone, Saddam Hussein has chosen to make military force the ultimate weapons inspections enforcement mechanism. If so, the only exit strategy is victory, this is our common mission and the world's cause.
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America has everything most countries envy. A Constitution which is the treasure of mankind, a strong military, natural resources of every kind. Above all, as Tocqueville said, a good people, which is what makes us great.
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I supported Israel 100 percent as a senator for 28 years and I've supported it 100 percent as Secretary of State.
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We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts.
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