John F. Kerry Quotes About Decisions

Quotes about: Decisions

• I don't believe we need a good conservative judge, and I don't believe we need a good liberal judge. I subscribe to the Justice Potter Stewart standard. He was a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. And he said the mark of a good judge, good justice, is that when you're reading their decision, their opinion, you can't tell if it's written by a man or woman, a liberal or a conservative, a Muslim, a Jew or a Christian. You just know you're reading a good judicial decision.

  John F. Kerry

  Christian, Believe, Reading

  "Text Of Bush-Kerry Debate II (5)" by Jarrett Murphy, www.cbsnews.com. October 8, 2004.

• I accept that friends of ours have decided that the President's non-strike has somehow impacted perceptions of us. But I believe they are dead wrong and I think the critics are dead wrong, and here's why. The President [Barack Obama] made his decision to strike. He announced his decision to strike publicly. And the purpose of the strike was to get the chemical weapons out of Syria. That's the purpose.

  John F. Kerry

  Believe, Thinking, Decision

  "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.

• I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein. And when the president made the decision, I supported him, and I support the fact that we did disarm him.

  John F. Kerry

  Thinking, Iraq, Support

  "A Closer Look at Statements From the Debate" by David E. Rosenbaum, www.nytimes.com. October 2, 2004.

• 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.

  John F. Kerry

  Real, Responsibility, Home

• I believe that this president [George W. Bush], regrettably, rushed us into a war, made decisions about foreign policy, pushed alliances away. And, as a result, America is now bearing this extraordinary burden where we are not as safe as we ought to be.

  John F. Kerry

  War, Believe, America

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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