John Kerry Quotes

• The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing with past profiles in courage, and defending not party, not partisanship, but defending principle and democracy itself.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Democracy, History

  Tags in Senators, Courage

• It is impossible to put into words the quiet strength and incredible courage Dana Reeve demonstrated in the way she lived her life. With Chris, she gave voice to a movement to find life-saving cures and promote medical research, and when she lost her inspiration and love she didnt stop the fight. Only days after Chris death she continued to give hope to millions of Americans. She was an inspiration to me and to us all. Chris was Americas superhero, and Dana became our hero, too.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Inspirational

  Tags in Strength, Courage

• Its a sad day when you have members of Congress who are literally criminals go undisciplined by their colleagues. No wonder people look at Washington and know this city is broken.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Congress, Washington, Corruption

• In the middle of the cavernous cargo hold was a simple, aluminum coffin with a small American flag draped over it. We were bringing another American soldier, just killed, home to his family and final resting place. The starkness of his coffin in the center of the hold, the silence except for the din of the engines, was a real time cold reminder of the consequences of decisions for which we Senators share responsibility. on foreign oil to compromise our energy security. Instead, we must invest in inventing new ways to power our cars and our economy. Ill put my faith in American science and ingenuity any day before I depend on Saudi Arabia.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Consequences

• And lo and behold, people were amazed: Washington was amazed. The country was amazed. And I was amazed that everybody was amazed. Because what is going on that a senator doesn’t act according to script, acts according to conscience, and everybody is taken aback?

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Conscience

• While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn’t only terrorism we are fighting. It’s the beliefs that motivate terrorists. A new ideology of hatred and intolerance has arisen to challenge America and liberal democracy

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Intolerance, Terrorism, Motivation

• In this remarkable time for the world, I refuse to believe it’s time to stop believing in the possibilities of our remarkable country. I refuse to accept the downsizing of the American Dream. I refuse to bet against American entrepreneurial spirit and American ingenuity. The competition’s tough, and it requires us to be tougher – tough-minded, never hard hearted.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Competition

• This fight against drilling in the Arctic Refuge is a fight about our principles. Its about standing up for our environment, our families and our future, and I wont give up this fight.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Environment, Future

  Tags in Principle

• There can never be any excuse for sacrificing our childrens futures to keep corporate tax loopholes and tax giveaways to millionaires. If we cant put our children first, who can we put first? If we cant put our kids first, what does it say about our nation?

  John Kerry

  Topics in Children

  Tags in Kids

• The best way to create a genuine “responsibility era” — a genuine commitment to families and to the values they reflect — is to begin with those to whom we owe the greatest responsibility — those whom we most value — our kids. Let’s not just talk about it — let’s put kids first.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Responsibility, Kids

• When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don’t advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Injustice, Hypocrisy, Language

• The world today has a strong democratic core shaped by American ingenuity, sacrifice, and spirit. But on the periphery are many unstable and dangerous places, where terrorists seek to impose a medieval dark age. As we learned so brutally and so personally, we do face a new threat. But we also face a renewed choice – between isolation in a perilous world, which I believe is impossible in any event, and engagement to shape a safer world which is the urgent imperative of our time.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Terrorism, Choice

• Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it’s too often the art of the probable — tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Politics, Vision

  Tags in Optimism, Imagination

• You may not understand completely in what ways, but it is true when I say to you that you have taught me and you’ve tested me and you’ve lifted me up, and you made me stronger

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Testing

• Its 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.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Democracy

  Tags in Media, News

• The American people deserve to know that they’re not just watching the administration’s spin on their local newscasts — they’re paying for it, too.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Media, News

• Values are not just words, values are what we live by. They’re about the causes that we champion and the people we fight for.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Value

• 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.”

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Gratitude, United States

• Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It doesn’t. I don’t want abortion. Abortion should be the rarest thing in the world. I am actually personally opposed to abortion. But I don’t believe that I have a right to take what is an article of faith to me and legislate it to other people. That’s not how it works in America.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Abortion, Legislation, Faith

• But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls have perished in Darfur-when 11 million children are without health insurance-when our colossal debt subjects our economic future to the whims of Asian bankers-no one can tell me that faith demands this Senate spend its time arguing over a handful of judges. No one with those priorities can use my faith to intimidate me.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Children

  Tags in Faith

John Kerry (97)

Birth:	11th December, 1943
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

John Forbes Kerry was born in Colorado, USA. He is an American Democratic politician who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. He served as the United States Senator from Massachusetts (1985-2013). He was the Democratic nominee in the 2004 presidential election, losing to Republican incumbent George W. Bush. He graduated from Yale University in 1966 with a major in political science. For that US Navy service, he was awarded combat medals that include the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and three Purple Heart Medals. After receiving a JD degree from Boston College Law School, he worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts. He served as Lieutenant Governor under Michael Dukakis from 1983 to 1985. He served as Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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