John Kerry actually said...

"This is a multimillion dollar criminal enterprise. The ivory trade stretches from the African savannah to the Asian marketplace."

"It is just a matter of time before we awaken to poaching's consequences, and if we do not act now, then the time will come too late."

"How shockingly destructive and historically shameful it would be if we did nothing while a great species was criminally slaughtered into extinction."

"History reminds us that we never have the right to turn our backs on the values that define us."