I think the world is safer without Iran with a nuclear weapon. The world has got the potential to be safer if we fully implement the Paris agreement. John F. Kerry More Quotes by John F. Kerry More Quotes From John F. Kerry American can do better, and help is on the way. John F. Kerry can-do helping way I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president. John F. Kerry president men country We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011. John F. Kerry middle-east east terrorism There are issues of war and peace. And then, there are issues of life and death like this one that are no less morally compelling than war itself. John F. Kerry life-and-death issues war My hope is the Trump administration will approach Russia strategically, with a clear purpose of trying to find more common ground, but without giving up on fundamental values and principles that are at the core of the United States' foreign policy. John F. Kerry giving-up purpose trying What we have to do is go on the offensive. [The science on climate change] has been maligned and misinterpreted, and we need to fight back... [P]eople [need to] stop being moved by these talk show [hosts] and start looking for the facts themselves. John F. Kerry climate fighting facts We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military force in the world, and we owe them the peace of mind that comes from knowing that they and their families will be taken care of if they sacrifice life, limb or the ability to sleep without war's nightmares. We owe them not just thanks and best wishes, but action, and action in our nation's capital. John F. Kerry taken military war I’ve often said that global climate change is an issue where no one has the luxury of being “half-pregnant.” You either are or you aren’t. And so it is with climate change. You either understand and accept the science – or you don’t. Folks this isn’t a cafeteria where you can pick and choose and accept the science that tells us what is happening, but then reject the science that warns us what will happen. John F. Kerry luxury issues climate 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 developing-countries desert country We were sent to Vietnam to kill Communism. But we found instead that we were killing women and children. John F. Kerry vietnam killing children These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen. John F. Kerry groups guy lying We've been waiting since 1918 for the Boston Red Sox to win the World Series, and ... if I had a choice between the White House and the World Series this year, I'm going to take the White House. How's that? John F. Kerry boston white winning You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. John F. Kerry drink horse water I can tell you, Massachusetts, fastest growing sector of our economy is clean energy and energy efficiency companies. And they're growing faster than any other sector. John F. Kerry massachusetts politics energy 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 home country Reduce US military presence in Iraq; and bring in neighbors. John F. Kerry neighbor iraq military Nobody's interests are served by what's happening in Syria today. It's a catastrophe. It's the worst human catastrophe since World War II. And, as I said just now, it represents a failure of the entire international community to come to grips with solving it. John F. Kerry community war world We deserve a president of the United States who will write laws for all Americans, not for campaign contributors. And I intend to be a president for all Americans who takes back the flag of our country because it doesn't belong to any party, doesn't belong to any president. John F. Kerry party writing country 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. John F. Kerry atrocities cutting fire I look forward to standing up and holding George Bush accountable for pushing seniors off of Medicare into HMOs. John F. Kerry senior pushing looks