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I'm motivated by my passion for our basic values, protecting our interests, and for protecting the future.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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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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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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Those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein, and those who believe today that we are not safer with his capture, don't have the judgment to be President.
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We must retool our nation to prepare for the challenge we already face to maintain our position in the global economy. And this much is certain: America will not have national security without economic security.
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What we Americans need to do is respect that incredible blessing that we have as a nation and make sure that we are leading in the best ways possible.
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I get always a little uptight when I hear politicians say how exceptional America is.
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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 know something about aircraft carriers for real.
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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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Gender based violence anywhere is a threat to peace and security everywhere.
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I'm going to be honest with you - I don't know a lot about Cuba's healthcare system. Is it a government-run system?
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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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I am sympathetic to developing countries’ concerns: because of our emissions it’s their crops that will disappear because of our inaction, it’s their fields that turn to desert...
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We will fight anyone who wishes to impose a totalitarian system upon a free society, and we will always prevail. But we will not do so with a fear-stricken administration which seeks to deprive us of freedoms in the name of 'defending' us from the terrorists, who also seek to deprive us of our freedoms.
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Our troops are terrorizing women and children in the dark of night in Iraq.
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The agreement is fundamentally that we want to try to resolve this. The agreement is that ISIL is a threat to everybody, and we need to come together to find a way to fight ISIL. The agreement is that we want to save Syria, keep it unified, keep it secular. So surely in those very fundamental principles on which we could agree.
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We have to recognize that there is a strong, fresh wind blowing, powered by these new information technologies. It will be increasingly difficult for dictators to impose their will through sheer brutality.
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Here I am in the state of New Mexico. George Bush is still in the state of denial. New Mexico has five electoral votes. The state of denial has none. I like my chances.
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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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We still have a lot of work to do to protect our own democracy.
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