John Kerry actually said...

"the instability that will be bred by the unwillingness of the United States to stand up against this will have repercussions as to who some people choose to support in this fight in Syria"

"the President didn't create this red line. This is a red line that a Republican or Democrat President would--or should enforce."

"if the United States of America cannot stand up and make real what we have said with respect to the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians, that we then open Pandora's b..."

"Look, do you want to play politics here or do you want to get a policy in place?"