55 Quotes by Bob Kerrey

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.

When you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority.

Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.

I've been a Yankees fan since I was six.

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. Its not clear how they will do it, but it never is.