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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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I think that our own crisis of democracy is in its own way affecting our ability to leverage in the same way that we used to in the world.
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In order to have the best intelligence in the world to know who the terrorists are and where they are and what they're plotting, you've got to have the best cooperation you've ever had in the world.
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How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?
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I have a plan to protect the environment so that we leave this place in better shape to our children than we were handed it by our parents.
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No one is going to question my commitment to the defence of our nation. I don't know what it is these Republicans, who didn't serve in any war, have against those of us who are Democrats who did.
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America is the one that leads the effort to make sure the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is protected.
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If Russia is there [in Syria] alone fighting them [ISIL], guess what? Russia becomes the target and Russia starts seeing - who knows - MANPADs will find their way in there, airplanes will fall out of the sky. They will become vilified. They'll become the new magnet, together with Assad, for the jihadis.
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It's likely that people will say we're all interested in destroying - ISIL is a threat to everybody. There isn't one country in the region that doesn't despise what ISIL stands for and is doing and that doesn't want to eliminate them.
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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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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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Reduce US military presence in Iraq and bring in neighbors.
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I had a chance to talk with President [Vladimir] Putin and he clearly said to me very directly, I will think about that. I will think about this challenge of how we win. Look, this is not easy for Putin. Everybody says, Oh, Putin's made a big move. Well, Putin is [in Syria] now and if he wants to fight ISIL alone, that's a challenge, folks
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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 would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.
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In a few years, you should be able to plug your American-made plug-in hybrid into the outlet in your garage, so that you never use a drop of gas on your daily commute. This won't happen overnight, but I promise you, it is closer than you think.
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The oceans themselves are threatened and life itself, therefore, and the planet is threatened because of it.
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I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty.
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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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I can tell you, Massachusetts, fastest growing sector of our economy is clean energy and energy efficiency companies. And they're growing faster than any other sector.
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America has an ability to try to make some things happen that other countries don't necessarily have.
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