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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: 81
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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If you don't have two states, you have one state, already the non-Jewish population outnumbers the Jewish population in one state.
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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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If the threat is jihadism - and it is - and the threat is the destruction of Syria so that all of these refugees are swamping into Europe and changing the whole character and politics of Europe, this is the time to unite to find a way out.
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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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Our military is overextended. Nine out of 10 active-duty Army divisions are either in Iraq, going to Iraq or have come back from Iraq. One way or the other, they're wrapped up in it.
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Terrorist organizations with specific political agendas may be encouraged and emboldened by Yasser Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman.
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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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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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Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, others, knew how to lead. They knew how to ask the American people for the right things.
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Remember the hours after Sept. 11 when we came together as one...It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.
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When the nations of the world look upon the United States, they see a country which has achieved what they would all like to become one day. Whether it is in the field of science, art, music, agriculture, politics, economics or war, the United States is the leader.
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From the moment I take office, I will stand up to the special interests and stand with hardworking families so that we can give America back its future and its ideals.
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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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I think there has been an exaggeration [of the terrorist threat].
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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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We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts.
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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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America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming.
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I'm not going to put my energy into focusing on things that are hypothetical that we don't know.
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We deserve a president of the United States who will write laws for all Americans, not for campaign contributors. And I intend to be a president for all Americans who takes back the flag of our country because it doesn't belong to any party, doesn't belong to any president.
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