John Kerry actually said...

"one day is too long to be in captivity, and one day for any American citizen is more than any American wants to see somebody endure."

"It is all well and good to sit here and theoretically say, ratchet up the sanctions, and you will drive them in to a place where they will crush."

"It is absolutely inaccurate to suggest that nobody paid a price in the State Department for what happened."

"I think we need a corollary to your axiom that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, and instead, we should say that we won't agree to anything until everything is agreed."