John Kerry actually said...

"I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president. Let there be no mistake, I will never hesitate to use force when it is required."

"The great United States of America, our beloved country, never goes to war because it wants to. We go to war because we have to."

"I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to my opportunity a little more than 24 hours from now to share with you and all of America a vision for how we're going to make this country stronger at ..."

"If I were president today, if I'd been president last week, I would have immediately said to the commission, Yes, we're going to implement those recommendations..."