John Kerry

The U.S. could do what it does and be completely wiped out by India and China in any changes that we make if they do not see us also making efforts to try to change.

If we are going to be serious about holding climate change to somewhere within the range of the 2 degrees centigrade, which we are already above, and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, we have to move more dramatically to shift…

We need to think about this. We have a huge interest in making sure that Egypt does not go down into a more difficult status than it is.

The Iranian agreement whether you like it or not, the behavior since the agreement by the Iranians outside their nuclear compliance has been disturbing, to say the least.

This is a cannibalized budget, just to be honest with everybody, and I hate that.

I think we will be pennywise and pound-foolish.

We are confronted today with a combination of perils as old as nationalist aggression and as new as cyber warfare.

We have people who have been held without charges for 13 years, 14 years, in some cases. That is not American.

Absolutely not, no. Of course not.

I feel to have had the chance to work with all of you on support of an agenda that reflects not only the most fundamental values of our country.

In Paris in December, we joined governments from more than 190 nations in approving a comprehensive agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions and limit the most harmful consequences of climate change.

I would say to everybody here that is about the minimum price that we should be paying for our leadership and for what we accomplish with this in terms of the security of our people, the advancement of our interests, the advancement of our…

Libya can pay for its own rebuilding.

In the past year, we did reach a historic agreement with Iran. Some people opposed it; some people were for it.

I commend you for not giving up, for sticking with it. Unless we work together to stop climate change we are going to recklessly go down the path that scientists overwhelmingly agree would be catastrophic for life on Earth.

In current form, we would be very troubled by it, because what it would do is really expose the United States of America to lawsuit and take away our sovereign immunity and create a terrible precedent, in its current form.

We stand by our commitment to press Egypt over concerning human rights abuses.

I seek your support to stay at the forefront of the international challenges.

Just this month, we signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which will ensure a level playing field in the Pacific for American businesses and workers.

Should the Syrian regime and Russian forces precipitate the failure of the COH, the United States will consider all available options.

Multiple ceasefires have been negotiated for Ukraine, which Russia continues to violate on a, quote, 'daily' basis.

Russia's support for President Asad has truly served as a game-changer in international negotiations on Syria.

Today in Syria, we have a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions.

The United States is committed to assisting all Iraqis in their mission to defeat Da'esh.

We will push for the resolution to contain the toughest set of sanctions imposed by the Security Council in more than two decades.