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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.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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I mean, all of these things that [Bashar Assad] has done, there's no way even if President Obama wanted to just play along that you could actually achieve peace, because there are 65 million Sunni in between Baghdad and the border of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, who will never, ever again accept Assad as a member - as a legitimate leader.
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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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Unlike George Bush and his friends at the big oil companies, I'm going to work for a real energy policy for this country that decreases America's dependence on foreign oil and helps lower the costs to American families.
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Great challenges confront our great nation. We seek to meet them by rising to the task, not by defining our country down.
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I think that all of the cyber attacks that are taking place, but particularly this - the Russian one, had a profound impact on the American system, on our political process, on our - it invaded the space of our election. The releasing on a regular basis of one party's stolen emails had an impact, and I think that other things also had an impact.
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America is the most powerful economy in the world. We're an $18-trillion-dollar economy.
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I'm glad the President finally found an economic development program. I'm just sad that it's only in Baghdad.
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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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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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At every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the interests of most Americans.
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My friends, that's trickle-down economics, and I believe every worker in America is tired of being trickled on by George W. Bush
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Sunni are the majority of the [Syria], 60 to 65 percent. They've been ruled by [Bashar] Assad, who represents a minority Alawite element, which is about 12, 13 percent. And because of the choices Assad made, it's very difficult to see how you resolve this without buy-in from the Sunni world.
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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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The race for the White House should be about leadership, and leadership requires that one help heal the wounds of Vietnam, not reopen them.
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I've been having problems with the right wing lately.
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The military's job is to win the war. A president's job is to win the peace.
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Even as a supporter of Roe v. Wade, I am compelled to acknowledge that the language both sides use on this subject can be unfortunately misleading and unconstructive.... Everyone is worse off for it.
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I believe America's best days are ahead of us because I believe that the future belongs to freedom, not to fear.
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Democrats proposing success in Iraq by political solution.
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I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states to decide.
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