John F. Kerry Quotes About Country

Quotes about: Country

• You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Order, Phony

  "America Is in No Position to Lecture Russia About Imperialism" by Sheldon Richman, reason.com. March 16, 2014.

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

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Fashion, Century

  "Kerry condemns Russia's 'incredible act of aggression' in Ukraine" by Will Dunham, www.reuters.com. March 2, 2014.

• Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose a single child to ill-health, under-education, abuse, addiction, jail, or gun violence. America's highest goal should be for every child to grow up to be a successful young adult -- healthy, educated, free, secure, and a good citizen.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Children, Growing Up

• Confronting climate change is, in the long run, one of the greatest challenges that we face, and you can see this duty or responsibility laid down in scriptures, clearly.

  John F. Kerry

  Running, Country, Responsibility

  "President Obama's strategy against ISIS remains unclear". "The Five", www.foxnews.com. September 5, 2014.

• 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.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Real, Technology

• Unlike George Bush and his friends at the big oil companies, I'm going to work for a real energy policy for this country that decreases America's dependence on foreign oil and helps lower the costs to American families.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Real, Oil

  "White House, Saudis: No election deal on oil". www.cnn.com. April 19, 2004.

• Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Real, War

• My definition of patriotism is to defend your country with the truth, no matter the consequences.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, 4th Of July, Definitions

• I am sympathetic to developing countries’ concerns: because of our emissions it’s their crops that will disappear; because of our inaction, it’s their fields that turn to desert...

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Desert, Developing Countries

  John F. Kerry's Speech at the COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen, archive.boston.com. December 16, 2009.

• 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.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Real, America

• Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Responsibility, Order

  "Bush, Kerry debate domestic policies". The final debate between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry at Arizona State University, www.cnn.com. October 14, 2004.

• There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we simply cannot tolerate the abuse of this trust by the government.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, War, Government

• When I was in Vietnam I learned a lot about the promises that soldiers make to each other. The Marines have a promise to never leave behind their dead. In this country, as citizen soldiers, we need to make the commitment to each other that we will never leave our veterans behind.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Commitment, Marine

• There is a much cheaper way, less complicated way to bring Iraq and Saddam Hussein to its knees: it is simply to send the Bush economic team over there and let them run the country.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Running, Team

• [Bashar] Assad has made a series of choices ever since then that is literally destroying his country.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Choices, Made

• 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 F. Kerry

  Country, Sacrifice, Political

• And here and now we must insist again that fidelity, honor, and love of country demand untrammeled debate and open dissent. At no time is that truer than in the midst of a war rooted in deceit and justified by continuing deception.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, War, Honor

  "John Kerry Gets His Voice Back" by James Boyce, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 23, 2006.

• I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Men, President

  "'Help is on the way,' Kerry tells middle class", www.cnn.com. July 30, 2004.

• We do not need to divide America over who served and how. I have personally always believed that many served in many different ways.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, War, Passion

  "Kerry to Bush: Let's See Your Vietnam Record". www.foxnews.com. April 27, 2004.

• Three-quarters of [Bashar Assad] country is displaced. It's in Jordan, it's in Lebanon, it's in Turkey, and in the desert. The threat is that those people in the desert and others could become the next acolytes of ISIL if we don't find a way to join together to go after ISIL.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Turkeys, People

• It's very hard to get other countries to give up their weapons when you're busy developing a new one.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Giving Up, Weapons

  "Candidates tackle Iraq". The debate at Washington University, www.cnn.com. October 9, 2004.

• America that has done more to support Israel than any other country cannot be true to our own values if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed before our own eyes.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Eye, America

  Source: www.npr.org

• It's likely that people will say we're all interested in destroying - ISIL is a threat to everybody. There isn't one country in the region that doesn't despise what ISIL stands for and is doing and that doesn't want to eliminate them.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, People, Want

  "Interview With Nicolle Wallace, Mike Barnicle, Mark Halperin, Richard Haass, and Katty Kay of MSNBC's Morning Joe". 2009-2017.state.gov. September 29, 2015.

• The fact is that in too many parts of our country, we still have discrimination. And affirmative action is not just something that applies to people of color. Some people have a mistaken view of it in America. It also is with respect to women, it's with respect to other efforts to try to reach out and be inclusive in our country.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Views, Color

  "Text Of Bush-Kerry Debate III (3)". www.cbsnews.com. October 13, 2004.

• Patriots don't go to Russia. They don't seek asylum in Cuba. They don't seek asylum in Venezuela. They fight their cause here. Edward Snowden is a coward. He is a traitor. And he has betrayed his country. And if he wants to come home tomorrow to face the music, he can do so.

  John F. Kerry

  Leadership, Country, Home

  "Edward Snowden's interview: 10 things we learned" by Catherine E. Shoichet, www.cnn.com. May 29, 2014.

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