John Kerry (b. 1943)

John Forbes Kerry is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and former naval officer who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1985 to 2013 and later served as the first U.S. special presidential envoy for climate from 2021 to 2024. Kerry was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2004 election, losing to then-incumbent president George W. Bush.

Quotes

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?
American can do better, and help is on the way.
I believe America's best days are ahead of us because I believe that the future belongs to freedom, not to fear.

America
I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.
I'm glad the President finally found an economic development program. I'm just sad that it's only in Baghdad.
We must uphold the promise of Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, and Clinton and never allow the President and his Republican friends to threaten Social Security by putting it on the Wall Street trading block.
At every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the interests of most Americans.
I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president.
Military's job is to win the war. The president's job is to win the peace.
When President Bush invaded Iraq after 9
11 it was like Truman invading Mexico after Pearl Harbor.
In this remarkable time for the world, I refuse to believe it's time to stop believing in the possibilities of our remarkable country. I refuse to accept the downsizing of the American Dream. I refuse to bet against American entrepreneurial spirit and American ingenuity.
It’s time we framed every question - every issue -- not in terms of what’s in it for ‘me,’ but what’s in it for all of us?