John Kerry actually said...

"This is a vote for accountability, the norms and the laws of the civilized world."

"We are here because a dictator and his family's enterprise... unleashed an outrageous chemical attack against its own citizens."

"We need to send to Syria and to the world, to dictators and terrorists, to allies and civilians alike, the unmistakable message that when we say never again we actually don't mean sometimes, we don't ..."

"Assad will read our silence, our unwillingness to act as a signal that he can use his weapons with impunity."