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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.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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I saw how different life was on different sides of the same city. I saw the fear in the eyes of people who were not free. I saw the gratitude of people toward the United States for all that we had done. I felt goosebumps as I got off a military train and heard the Army band strike up 'Stars and Stripes Forever.'
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There is no bigger judgment for a president of the United States than how you take a nation to war.
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What we need to do is raise the minimum wage. We also need to hold onto equal pay. Women work for 76 cents on the dollar for the same work that men do. That's not right in America.
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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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