Values are not just words, values are what we live by. They’re about the causes that we champion and the people we fight for.
—John Kerry
Topics: Values
The best way to create a genuine “responsibility era”—a genuine commitment to families and to the values they reflect—is to begin with those to whom we owe the greatest responsibility—those whom we most value—our kids. Let’s not just talk about it—let’s put kids first.
—John Kerry
Topics: Responsibility
The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.
—John Kerry
Topics: Americans
And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.
—John Kerry
Topics: Values
I do not know what compassionate conservative means. Does it mean cutting kids out of after school programs, Does it mean drilling in the arctic wildlife refuge? Does it mean sending kids to Iraq without body armor that is state of the art?
—John Kerry
Topics: Wildlife
We’re busy exporting Democracy abroad to Afghanistan and Iraq, which is fine, but what we really need to do is a better job at making our Democracy work right here at home.
—John Kerry
We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize – women have the right to choose – and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.
—John Kerry
The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not given the truth; as I said more than a year ago, knowing what we know now, I would not have gone to war in Iraq. And knowing now the full measure of the Bush Administration’s duplicity and incompetence, I doubt there are many members of Congress who would give them the authority they abused so badly. I know I would not.
—John Kerry
Topics: Authority
This administration misled a nation into war by cherry-picking intelligence and stretching the truth beyond recognition.
—John Kerry
Topics: Intelligence
The American people deserve to know that they’re not just watching the administration’s spin on their local newscasts—they’re paying for it, too.
—John Kerry
Topics: News
America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming.
—John Kerry
Topics: Change
History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of all time.
—John Kerry
This fight against drilling in the Arctic Refuge is a fight about our principles. It’s about standing up for our environment, our families and our future, and I won’t give up this fight.
—John Kerry
Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.
—John Kerry
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
—John Kerry
Topics: Challenges
t’s hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.
—John Kerry
Topics: News
We can no longer allow America’s dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security. Instead, we must invest in inventing new ways to power our cars and our economy. I’ll put my faith in American science and ingenuity any day before I depend on Saudi Arabia.
—John Kerry
Topics: Economy
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