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America has an ability to try to make some things happen that other countries don't necessarily have.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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If America can go to the moon, then in the decades to come we should not ever have to have young Americans sent to any part of the world to defend and die for America`s gluttony on fossil fuel.
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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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I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.
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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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I think there has been an exaggeration [of the terrorist threat].
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We are not interested in a proxy war. Our objective is to change Russia's behavior.
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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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If Saddam Hussein is unwilling to bend to the international community's already existing order, then he will have invited enforcement, even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act.
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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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America is the most powerful economy in the world. We're an $18-trillion-dollar economy.
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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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Jesus did not help just the sick who could afford to pay for it.
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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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America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming.
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We still have a lot of work to do to protect our own democracy.
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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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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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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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Patriots don't go to Russia. They don't seek asylum in Cuba. They don't seek asylum in Venezuela. They fight their cause here. Edward Snowden is a coward. He is a traitor. And he has betrayed his country. And if he wants to come home tomorrow to face the music, he can do so.
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