John Kerry

And I will do the diplomacy necessary, and I have heavy cards to play. I'm not going to lay them all out on the table.

We'll run the federal government with the kind of discipline that you run your businesses.

It occurred to me that he could come here for a great discussion about America's future, if he were really willing to just turn the corner.

The 9/11 commission has given us a path to follow, endorsed by Democrats, Republicans, and the 9/11 families. As president, I will not evade or equivocate, I will immediately implement all the recommendations of that commission...

My priority, first and foremost, is putting America back to work.

I'm going to have a press conference at least once a month to talk to the nation about what I'm doing, because I don't have anything to hide.

I am determined that as president, I'm not going to responsible for piling debt on our children's heads...

The latest poll from the 'Washington Post'-ABC News shows Kerry leading President Bush by 6 points among registered voters.

The intelligence agencies of our country will tell you and can tell you, it's not classified, that the madrasas, the schools that are teaching terror, the people who are training terror, are using our actions as a means of recruitment.

I believe this administration and its policies is actually encouraging the recruitment of terrorists. We haven't done the work necessary to reach out to other countries.

If the president had a sense of urgency about this director of intelligence and about the needs to strengthen America, he would call the Congress back and get the job done now.

Some of Bush's policies encourage the recruitment of terrorists.

Health care is not a privilege for the wealthy and the connected and the elected. It is a right for all Americans, and we're going to make it available to all Americans.

My pledge to you that I made last night, John and I will keep. We're going to restore trust and credibility to the White House.

Any attack will be met with a swift and certain response.

Let there be no mistake. I will never hesitate to use force when it was required.

I think he believes that testimony to the Senate as a member of the anti-war movement. As a veteran I think he still thinks that was the most important speech of his life so far.

Values are not just words. They are what we live by. They are about the causes we champion and the people we fight for. And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.

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 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.

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 home and respected in the world. That's…

The man has enormous integrity, that he is extremely passionate. He is responsible and that he is a very decisive and strong leader who will make this country better and really, I think, speak to an optimism that will help the country rise…

I think my wife speaks her mind appropriately.

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...

Our beloved country never goes to war because it wants to. We go to war because we have to.