John F. Kerry Quotes - Page 2

You can't play sports without losing sometimes and, in losing, you learn something about grace and how to act under pressure.

I'm a Catholic, raised a Catholic. I was an altar boy. Religion has been a huge part of my life. It helped lead me through a war, leads me today.

I'm motivated by my passion for our basic values, protecting our interests, and for protecting the future.

America is the one that leads the effort to make sure the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is protected.

We're in a battle for our lives for things that really matter to us. There's a shell game going on like I've never seen before.

We are not interested in a proxy war. Our objective is to change Russia's behavior.

We need to put our faith and trust in the people on the frontlines -- and back it up with real resources. We need to make sure first defenders have the gear and support they need, and the benefits and protections they've earned. With new technology and ingenuity, by doing more to sustain our first defenders and calling on Americans to do more for their country, we can make our country stronger, safer, and more secure.

I do think that it's really important for leaders of countries to be very clear and careful in the statements they make because their words are weighed extremely carefully by other countries, and you have to create a continuity of seriousness and of credibility in order to be able to be taken seriously and get things done.

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.

America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming.

America must always be the world's paramount military power. But we can magnify our power through alliances.

Assassination, kidnappings and suicide attacks have become too much the standard operating procedure in the Islamic world. So much so that the name of Islam itself has been diminished in the eyes of many people. It is the responsibility of all of us, and particularly those in the Islamic world who care about their religion, to rescue it from its increased association with violence.

So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

We must retool our nation to prepare for the challenge we already face to maintain our position in the global economy. And this much is certain: America will not have national security without economic security.

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.

Palestinians need to stop the incitement. They need to stop that kind of activity. But at the same time, there is a need to see the broader conflict here and understand that there has to be some kind of ultimately negotiated political track that's going to resolve the difference between Palestinians and Israelis.

That is what Americans do. We face a challenge - no matter how great - because we know that on the other side there is always hope.

The military's job is to win the war. A president's job is to win the peace.

We will fight anyone who wishes to impose a totalitarian system upon a free society, and we will always prevail. But we will not do so with a fear-stricken administration which seeks to deprive us of freedoms in the name of 'defending' us from the terrorists, who also seek to deprive us of our freedoms.

I believe America is safest and strongest when we are leading the world and we are leading strong alliances.

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.

We do have to take the long-term view. And long term, the question to ask ourselves is whether America should attack others pre-emptively, whether she should embroil herself in wars far away from our soil, and try to bring democracy by force to the rest of the world.

I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it.

Ask Osama bin Laden is he is better off now than he was four years ago.

I still believe Americas destiny is to become a living testament to what free human beings can accomplish by acting in unity.