John Kerry actually said...

"It is important to let the Iranian people see the reasonableness and the attractiveness of what could be theirs."

"I think, in the short term, it's imperative that we make it very clear to the Iranians and to President Ahmadinejad that a belligerent noncompromising approach is not going to reap rewards."

"I completely believe that we must be organizing the international community's clear understanding of what this line is or isn't."

"I believe there is a negligible chance we can ever get them to accept that, or that we could ever set in motion a debate in that country where, no matter what was offered to them, it would be a desira..."