355 Quotes by John F. Kerry

There is no bigger judgment for a president of the United States than how you take a nation to war.

I think there has been an exaggeration [of the terrorist threat].

I am a veteran, I fought in a war. I've been a prosecutor. I've sent people to jail for the rest of their life.

I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states to decide.

I have confidence in my campaign. I have assembled a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush, and any rumors to the contrary are completely erroneous.

We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military force in the world, and we owe them the peace of mind that comes from knowing that they and their families will be taken care of if they sacrifice life, limb or the ability to sleep without war's nightmares. We owe them not just thanks and best wishes, but action, and action in our nation's capital.

No one is going to question my commitment to the defence of our nation. I don't know what it is these Republicans, who didn't serve in any war, have against those of us who are Democrats who did.

We will not be derailed by criminal anarchists who legitimately claim a religious cause.

I've met foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, but boy, they look at you and say, you've got to win this, you've got to beat this guy, we need a new policy, things like that.