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I think the United States is still the indispensable force for positive change and for rule of law and for order and structure.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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I think there has been an exaggeration [of the terrorist threat].
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I think George Mitchell is a consummate professional. He is the ideal selection to handle the job of special envoy if you choose to have a special envoy.
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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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I think the world is safer without Iran with a nuclear weapon. The world has got the potential to be safer if we fully implement the Paris agreement.
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We will not be derailed by criminal anarchists who legitimately claim a religious cause.
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What we do right now, today, matters.
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Palestinians need to stop the incitement. They need to stop that kind of activity. But at the same time, there is a need to see the broader conflict here and understand that there has to be some kind of ultimately negotiated political track that's going to resolve the difference between Palestinians and Israelis.
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President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second.
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George Bush's vision does not live up to the America I enlisted in the Navy to defend, the America I have fought for in the Senate, and the America that I hope to lead as president.
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My definition of patriotism is to defend your country with the truth, no matter the consequences.
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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.
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