A biography for John F. Kerryhasn’t been written yet.
“In the 1950s and '60s, America's natural resources were in bad shape. Communities were so polluted that clouds of smog lingered over cities like Los Angeles. Rivers and lakes were filled with chemicals. In my hometown of Boston, the harbor was among the nation's most polluted waterways.”
“In the time I've spent in public life, one of the things I've learned is that some issues look a lot different when you're actually in office compared to when you're on the campaign trail.”
“If you've ever played golf, you know that you yell 'fore' off the tee. You're not threatening somebody; you're warning them: 'Look, don't get hit by the ball, it's coming.'”
“How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?”
“The most powerful Vietnam movie, to me, was 'The Deer Hunter,' which was more about what happened to the folks who went and about their relationships.”
“President Obama and I both believe we don't have time for a meeting anywhere of the Flat Earth Society.”
“The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.”
“It took President Obama to make America lead like America again.”
“I am committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct for government officials.”
“I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important.”
“Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.”
“For sure, there are times when one may have no choice but to go to war, but it is never something to rush to or accept without exploring every other available option.”
“I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.”
“My favorite album is 'Abbey Road.' I love 'Hey Jude.'”
“Republican secretaries of state from Kissinger to Baker, Powell to Rice, President Bush, 71 United States Senators all supported President Obama's new START treaty, but not Mitt Romney.”
“When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy.”
“The Paris Agreement's going to continue without the United States of America.”
“I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.”
“The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans.”
“The bottom line is that the impacts of climate change can exacerbate resource competition, threaten livelihoods, and increase the risk of instability and conflict, especially in places already undergoing economic, political, and social stress.”