John Kerry quotes - page 2

NAFTA recognizes the reality of today's economy - globalization and technology. Our future is not in competing at the low-level wage job; it is in creating high-wage, new technology jobs based on our skills and our productivity. (John Kerry)
We're here to talk about education. But I want to say something before that....You know, education, if you make the most of it and you study hard and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq. View quote
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I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it. View quote
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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. View quote
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I believe America's best days are ahead of us because I believe that the future belongs to freedom, not to fear. View quote
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I'm glad the President finally found an economic development program. I'm just sad that it's only in Baghdad. View quote
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We must uphold the promise of Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, and Clinton and never allow the President and his Republican friends to threaten Social Security by putting it on the Wall Street trading block. View quote
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American can do better, and help is on the way. View quote
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At every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the interests of most Americans. View quote
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I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president. View quote
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Young people have so much more power than they tend to think to be able to affect politics. And if people will organize and get involved and go out and knock on doors and hand out leaflets and make a change, then they can determine the future. (John Kerry)
Who among us doesn't like NASCAR?" What Kerry actually said at a campaign rally in Milwaukee was: "There isn't one of us here who doesn't like NASCAR and who isn't a fan. View quote
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KERRY: I have had conversations with leaders. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Recently? KERRY: Yes, recently. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How recent? KERRY: That‘s not your business. It‘s mine. Are you a Democrat, a Republican? What are you? Are you a registered Republican? (CROSSTALK) KERRY: Are you a Republican? You answer the question. Did you vote for George Bush? Did you vote for George Bush? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I voted for George Bush and I... KERRY: Thank you. (UNIDENTIFIED MALE sits while booed by crowd) View quote
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They kill people because of who they are and they kill people because of what they believe. And it's indiscriminate. They kill Shia. They kill Yezidis. They kill Christians. They kill Druze. They kill Ismaili. They kill anybody who isn't them and doesn't pledge to be that. View quote
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This Friday was absolutely indiscriminate. It wasn't to aggrieve one particular sense of wrong. It was to terrorize people. It was to attack everything that we do stand for. View quote
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We have been at war with these guys since last year. President Obama said that very clearly. And every single country - not just in the region, but around the world - is opposed to what they are doing to the norms of human behavior and the standards by which we try to live. View quote
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It has nothing to do with Islam; it has everything to do with criminality, with terror, with abuse, with psychopathism. View quote
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Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country. View quote
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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. View quote
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The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself. View quote
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The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans. (John Kerry)
It took President Obama to make America lead like America again. View quote
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Mitt Romney says he believes in America and that he will restore American exceptionalism. I have news for him, we already have an exceptional American as president and we believe in Barack Obama. View quote
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I know there are a lot of musicians and a lot of artists, and there are a lot of writers and other people who inspire young people, but I'd like to see somebody in political life be able to connect and make these choices that we need to make in Washington real in terms of people's lives. View quote
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Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class. View quote
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