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If you don't believe ... Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn't vote for me.

And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

The problem with the American health-care system that it is not working for the American family.

The Ukrainian people should not be coerced. Make no mistake: the US stands together with the Ukrainians aspiring for democracy.

I mean does Israel want a third Intifada?

I'm going to be honest with you - I don't know a lot about Cuba's healthcare system. Is it a government-run system?

I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side.

I get always a little uptight when I hear politicians say how exceptional America is.

You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!

As the saying goes, I have big heels to fill.

I know something about aircraft carriers for real.

It's hard to say that something is legitimate when a whole portion of the country can't vote and doesn't vote.

I'm for ethanol, and I think it's a very important partial ingredient of the overall mix of alternative and renewable fuels we ought to commit to.

I'm glad the President finally found an economic development program. I'm just sad that it's only in Baghdad.

We will not be derailed by criminal anarchists who legitimately claim a religious cause.

Bush-McCain stategy in Iraq is policy to stay, not to win.

There should be a Transatlantic renaissance between the US and Europe based on shared prosperity, security, and values.

The race for the White House should be about leadership, and leadership requires that one help heal the wounds of Vietnam, not reopen them.

We can't change minds without knowing what's in them.

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.

American can do better, and help is on the way.

I am a veteran, I fought in a war. I've been a prosecutor. I've sent people to jail for the rest of their life.

You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pre-text,

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.

In American elections there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates win or lose, the next morning we wake up as Americans.

I believe America is safest and strongest when we are leading the world and we are leading strong alliances.

My definition of patriotism is to defend your country with the truth, no matter the consequences.

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 military's job is to win the war. A president's job is to win the peace.

For those of us who are fortunate to share an Irish ancestry, we take great pride in the contributions that Irish-Americans.

War on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law-enforcement operation.

I'm a Catholic, raised a Catholic. I was an altar boy. Religion has been a huge part of my life. It helped lead me through a war, leads me today.

I still believe Americas destiny is to become a living testament to what free human beings can accomplish by acting in unity.

Jesus did not help just the sick who could afford to pay for it.

I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty,

I will not stop in our efforts to hunt down and kill the terrorists.

We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure.

You'd be amazed at the number of people who want to introduce themselves to you in the men's room. It's the most bizarre part of this entire thing.

We are not interested in a proxy war. Our objective is to change Russia's behavior.

Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, others, knew how to lead. They knew how to ask the American people for the right things.

As President, I will not be the last to know what is going on in my command.

I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.

I love to play guitar and hack around. I was in a band when I was in high school. I never learned to play very well, but I enjoyed it.

We are all proud of is World War II where we went in, we were decisive, we came to the conclusion that freedom prevailed, and we were heroes.

The measurement in this race is not where you come from, it is "what do you fight for."

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

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.

I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it.

If we can't have a serious conversation without politicizing it on cable TV and making it a scoring point for one day, we're in trouble.

I'm going to be a president who believes in science.

Gender based violence anywhere is a threat to peace and security everywhere.

That is what Americans do. We face a challenge - no matter how great - because we know that on the other side there is always hope.

I look forward to standing up and holding George Bush accountable for pushing seniors off of Medicare into HMOs.

Values spoken without actions taken are merely slogans.

What we need now is not just a regime change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a regime change in the United States.

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.

These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen.

We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.

I have a plan to protect the environment so that we leave this place in better shape to our children than we were handed it by our parents.

Reduce US military presence in Iraq; and bring in neighbors.

America must always be the world's paramount military power, but we can magnify our power through alliances.

If you think I would have gone to war the way George Bush did, don't vote for me.

You don't value families if you force them to take up a collection to buy body armor for a son or daughter in the service.

Those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire.

Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.

There is no bigger judgment for a president of the United States than how you take a nation to war.

A fundamental premise of politics is we can make this work if people just never figure it out.

President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second.

I'm Going To Make Available To Every American The Same Health Care Plan That Senators And Congressmen Give Themselves.

I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president.

America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming.

The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.

I just want to assure you that both President Bush and I have very firm alibis.

Middle class Americans don't ask for special favors, they just want basic fairness, and a President who fights for that ideal.

I think there has been an exaggeration [of the terrorist threat].

Governor Dean has no policy on Iraq evidently, except 'no.' 'No' is not a policy.

We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts,

Terrorist organizations with specific political agendas may be encouraged and emboldened by Yasser Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman.

The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

We need a new approach to national security

I figured out Karl Rove's political strategy
make gas so expensive, no Democrats can afford to go to the polls.

Folks, Sarah Palin said she could see Russia from Alaska. Mitt Romney talks like he's only seen Russia by watching 'Rocky IV.'

Values are not just words, values are what we live by. They're about the causes that we champion and the people we fight for

It's one thing to be certain, but you can be certain and you can be wrong.

Democrats proposing success in Iraq by political solution.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states to decide.

My friends, that's trickle-down economics, and I believe every worker in America is tired of being trickled on by George W. Bush

Our troops are terrorizing women and children in the dark of night in Iraq.

You can't play sports without losing sometimes and, in losing, you learn something about grace and how to act under pressure.

The big hang-up was George Bush wanted to get life lines, you know, so he could call somebody.

America deserves a real discussion about real policy.

We do not need more division. We certainly do not need something as complex and emotional as Vietnam reduced to simple campaign rhetoric.

I believe America's best days are ahead of us because I believe that the future belongs to freedom, not to fear.

We were sent to Vietnam to kill Communism. But we found instead that we were killing women and children.

I've been having problems with the right wing lately.

It's very hard to get other countries to give up their weapons when you're busy developing a new one.

I promise just to serve two terms. Republicans do it differently. They just have the son repeat the father's whole first term.

It took President Obama to make America lead like America again.