John F. Kerry Quotes

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John F. Kerry

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 11, 1943

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

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Climate change, if unchecked, is an urgent threat to health, food supplies, biodiversity, and livelihoods across the globe.

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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.

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I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important.

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It's not enough for one country or even a few countries to reduce emissions when other countries continue to fill the atmosphere with carbon pollution as they see fit.

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I have been passionate about the oceans since I dipped my toes in the water at the first age of three.

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I love to play guitar and hack around. I was in a band when I was in high school. I never learned to play very well, but I enjoyed it.

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I am committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct for government officials.

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One of the most cherished photographs in my life is a picture of me with John Lennon - who I met back in 1971 at an anti-war rally.

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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.

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My favorite album is 'Abbey Road.' I love 'Hey Jude.'

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You can't let concerns stop you; they drive you and they motivate you.

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It's not normal that, when you close your eyes and listen to the news, too often the political back-and-forth in America sounds too much like it does in the kinds of countries that the State Department warns Americans not to travel to.

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War should be not a war of choice; it should be a war of necessity. And it should be a last resort.

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You just don't, in the 21st century, behave in 19th-century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pre-text.

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For sure, there are times when one may have no choice but to go to war, but it is never something to rush to or accept without exploring every other available option.

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President Obama has made it his mission that we welcome our troops home with care and concern and the respect they deserve. That is how an exceptional nation says thank you to its most exceptional men and women.

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The bottom line is that the impacts of climate change can exacerbate resource competition, threaten livelihoods, and increase the risk of instability and conflict, especially in places already undergoing economic, political, and social stress.

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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.

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It took President Obama to make America lead like America again.

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