A fundamental premise of politics is we can make this work if people just never figure it out.
John F. KerryAs a public person, I've always tried to reflect what is embodied in our defining ideals as a nation about equality and fairness and justice and so forth.
John F. KerryWe cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.
John F. KerryIt's hard to say that something is legitimate when a whole portion of the country can't vote and doesn't vote.
John F. KerryPresident Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second.
John F. KerryThe threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has been with us since the end of that war, and particularly in the last 4 years we know after Operation Desert Fox failed to force him to reaccept them, that he has continued to build those weapons. He has had a free hand for 4 years to reconstitute these weapons, allowing the world, during the interval, to lose the focus we had on weapons of mass destruction and the issue of proliferation.
John F. Kerry