John Kerry

The President made CTBT ratification a U.S. priority in his 2009 Prague speech.

We remain committed to securing the Senate's advice and consent on the U.S. ratification of the CTBT.

The administration fully respects the Senate's constitutional role in treaty ratification, and the actions currently being considered at the United Nations are consistent with that role.

In an interconnected world, we invest in global health not simply as a matter of charity or as a matter of moral responsibility, but we do it as a matter of national security.

The 2015 National Security Strategy included corruption as a global concern.

Anger over corruption helped inspire the uprisings of the Arab Spring.

Corruption gives them a means of purchasing loyalty--and a means of enforcing it.

Fighting corruption is also central to our promotion of human rights and democracy.

As Secretary Kerry has said, there is no greater cause of disillusionment or surer way to alienate citizens from the state than the 'sense that the system in rigged against them and that people in positions of power are crooks who steal…

The GNA is the sole legitimate recipient of international security assistance to Libya.

We support the efforts of Prime Minister al-Sarraj's government to establish civilian command and control over an inclusive, national Libyan military.

I think it is absolutely essential that we stay focused on how in this transitional period, nobody loses their head, nobody goes off halfcocked.

He lied to me to my face.

Legitimate business . . . is available to banks as long as they do their normal due diligence and know who they're dealing with . . . they're not going to be held to some undefined and inappropriate standard.

We will need to push back against Iran's provocative and dangerous policies and tactics.

The world needs to push in one direction--toward stopping the oppression and suffering of the Syrian people and ending, not prolonging, this war.

From the Arab Spring to Latin America, political turbulence has made clear that governments are unwise to shrug off their citizens' growing concerns about corruption. . . . It is long past time for the international community to treat…

Let me stress that I admire the Secretary's heroic, if ultimately unavailing, effort to broker a deal.

Frankly, I have been disappointed with the lack of progress regarding a lasting Palestinian-Israeli peace.

The United States strongly believes that the protection of human rights and freedom of religion is critical to China's prosperity, security, and stability.

America's leadership in the Asia-Pacific was not merely peripheral to our future prosperity and security--it was indispensable.

We want China as our partner in many endeavors, and we believe our nations and the world would be undeniably better for it.

It is our shared interest to see that these standards are strengthened, not undermined.

We will continue to reinforce the message that protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms... will make China more stable, more secure, and more prosperous.

We have seen important democratic gains in such countries as Vietnam, Tunisia, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, and Burma, though in each there are challenges that still need to be overcome.