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We still have a lot of work to do to protect our own democracy.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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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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What is happening is policy in Israel is being driven by the settlers who don't support a two-state solution, who want their settlements to prevent the possibility of two states. They openly say that.
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I look forward to standing up and holding George Bush accountable for pushing seniors off of Medicare into HMOs.
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You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pre-text.
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My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved the world from fascism, came home and built the great American middle class, led the way in the civil rights movement, protected our environment, and created great programs like Medicare.
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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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That is what Americans do. We face a challenge - no matter how great - because we know that on the other side there is always hope.
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These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen.
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I do think that it's really important for leaders of countries to be very clear and careful in the statements they make because their words are weighed extremely carefully by other countries, and you have to create a continuity of seriousness and of credibility in order to be able to be taken seriously and get things done.
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Values spoken without actions taken are merely slogans.
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I will never conduct a war or start a war because we want to the United States of America should only go to war because we have to. And if you live by that guidance, you'll never have veterans throwing away their medals or standing up in protest.
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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.
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Our troops are terrorizing women and children in the dark of night in Iraq.
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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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I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states to decide.
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It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.
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I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty.
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We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.
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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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War on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law-enforcement operation.
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