John Kerry actually said...

"No, and furthermore, we would be proceeding without any of our allies, which is not a small consequence."

"We are not going to lift them. We are not going to do this when your behavior--look at what you are doing in Yemen, look at what you are doing with Hezbollah."

"But we must remember at the end of the day Iran is still an anti-American, anti-Semitic, revolutionary regime cultivating a network of proxies to challenge stable governments in the region and protect..."

"It is aimed at making sure Iran never ever becomes a nuclear weapons state, which is our objective."