Quotes from John F. Kerry

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

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

I went into the Navy because I love the ocean, and I am still privileged to have a place that I can go to that's by the water.

I think George Mitchell is a consummate professional. He is the ideal selection to handle the job of special envoy if you choose to have a special envoy.

I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning killing.

One of the most cherished photographs in my life is a picture of me with John Lennon - who I met back in 1971 at an anti-war rally.

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 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.

I'm against the partial-birth abortion, but you've got to have an exception for the life of the mother and the health of the mother under the strictest test of bodily injury to the mother.

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

The oceans themselves are threatened and life itself, therefore, and the planet is threatened because of it.

I came into public life during the 1960s when a whole bunch of us believed in our ability to change the world. And we did a lot of things.

NAFTA recognizes the reality of today's economy - globalization and technology. Our future is not in competing at the low-level wage job it is in creating high-wage, new technology jobs based on our skills and our productivity.

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.

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.

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.

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

Those localized efforts take a long time and they don't deal with the larger issue of ISIL and the question of what you're going to do to really have a solution here. We have to save Syria.

It's not enough for one country or even a few countries to reduce emissions when other countries continue to fill the atmosphere with carbon pollution as they see fit.

My favorite album is 'Abbey Road.' I love 'Hey Jude.'

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.

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.

I have been passionate about the oceans since I dipped my toes in the water at the first age of three.