I do think that it's really important for leaders of countries to be very clear and careful in the statements they make because their words are weighed extremely carefully by other countries, and you have to create a continuity of seriousness and of credibility in order to be able to be taken seriously and get things done.
John F. KerryFranklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, others, knew how to lead. They knew how to ask the American people for the right things.
John F. KerryWe spent a fair amount of time on Ukraine. And I think there's a path that we discussed that we will follow up on in order to try to resolve some of the outstanding issues in order to fully implement Minsk.
John F. KerryAs I have said for two years now, when Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda were cornered in the mountains of Tora Bora, it was wrong to outsource the job of capturing them to Afghan warlords who a week earlier were fighting against us.
John F. KerryAt every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the interests of most Americans.
John F. Kerry