Senator John Kerry Quotes

I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him of being the Manchurian Candidate, read more

I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him of being the Manchurian Candidate, that somehow the Vietnamese had brainwashed him. This is the most unbelievably callous, degrading, nonsensical piece of crap I've ever heard in my life, coming from some chicken hawk out there, to hurl at somebody who spent as long as he did being tortured and standing up for his country, and caring about it as much as he did. It's incredible that people would behave like that, absolutely stunning.

But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls have perished in Darfur-when 11 read more

But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls have perished in Darfur-when 11 million children are without health insurance-when our colossal debt subjects our economic future to the whims of Asian bankers-no one can tell me that faith demands this Senate spend its time arguing over a handful of judges. No one with those priorities can use my faith to intimidate me.

There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry go-round policy. They got up on their high horse, whooped and read more

There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry go-round policy. They got up on their high horse, whooped and hollered, rode around in circles, and ended right back where they'd started.

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need read more

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.

By refusing to implement the women’s contracting program and repeatedly failing to meet required contracting goals, this administration is undermining read more

By refusing to implement the women’s contracting program and repeatedly failing to meet required contracting goals, this administration is undermining virtually every existing opportunity for women business owners to break into the the good ol’ boy network of federal contracting

It’s hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from read more

It’s hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of all time.

History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of all time.

Every reform needs examples more than advocates

Every reform needs examples more than advocates

I don't know what compassionate conservative means. Does it mean cutting kids out of after school programs, Does it mean read more

I don't know what compassionate conservative means. Does it mean cutting kids out of after school programs, Does it mean drilling in the arctic wildlife refuge? Does it mean sending kids to Iraq without body armor that's state of the art?

Fixing our healthcare system as a whole is our primary challenge, and to make it happen you need to get read more

Fixing our healthcare system as a whole is our primary challenge, and to make it happen you need to get engaged – to pound the pavement, get your hands dirty, endure real sacrifice, take on antiquated thinking and help lead the public debate.