The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.

I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.

I think that too far, too much, to a greater degree than is anywhere near appropriate, America and our politics are being governed by more and more powerful interests, by fewer and fewer people in the sense of the amount of money that has controlled access and other kinds of things.

If you don't believe ... Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn't vote for me.

I personally didn't see personal atrocities in the sense I saw somebody cut a head off or something like that. However, I did take part in free-fire zones, I did take part in harassment and interdiction fire, I did take part in search-and-destroy missions.

George Bush sold us on going to war with Iraq based on the threat of weapons of mass destruction. But we still haven't found them.

I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty.