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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.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.
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My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved the world from fascism, came home and built the great American middle class, led the way in the civil rights movement, protected our environment, and created great programs like Medicare.
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I think that all of the cyber attacks that are taking place, but particularly this - the Russian one, had a profound impact on the American system, on our political process, on our - it invaded the space of our election. The releasing on a regular basis of one party's stolen emails had an impact, and I think that other things also had an impact.
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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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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 think the United States is still the indispensable force for positive change and for rule of law and for order and structure.
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I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.
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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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America is the most powerful economy in the world. We're an $18-trillion-dollar economy.
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I think, all in all, the Obama administration and what President Obama has focused on has lived up to our need to protect American interests, to live our values and assert our values, and to stand up for future generations.
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We will not be derailed by criminal anarchists who legitimately claim a religious cause.
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There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry-go-round policy. They got up on their high horse, whooped and hollered, rode around in circles and ended right back where they'd started.
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I believe America is safest and strongest when we are leading the world and we are leading strong alliances.
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