John Kerry

The violence is enormous. The numbers of refugees coming out is intolerable. The killing, the wanton destruction is unacceptable.

The centrifuges are spinning, the clock is ticking, and they seem to be managing the sanctions that we have levied so far.

As Secretary, my most important job is to protect the men and women under my watch so they can carry out their national security mission.

The U.S. homeland will not be secure if violent extremists bent on attacking us find a safe haven.

I echo the admiration that I saw watching the news clips.

I express my condolences, deep condolences, to the families.

These national and provincial assembly elections mark a historic step in Pakistan's democratic journey.

That is part of our foreign policy is to try to fight for human rights, freedom, democracy, the ability of people to choose for themselves.

I am not going to gut the State Department and come up here because we have some new emergency contingency.

I certainly agree with the part that says that we do not want, you know, any extremist elements to be able to control the country.

No country has as much leverage with North Korea as China.

I know some people say you are crazy, how can you work out something with Assad. Maybe you cannot, but you ought to keep trying even as you keep the pressure on.

What we need are more elected officials who do not go home and beat up foreign aid.

I have evolved to the point of thinking about how do those who are in opposition, which we have vetted and believe share our values, get the type of assistance that can change that tipping point.

It is a part of American foreign policy. It is one of the signature components of our policy, and it will continue to be.

You are hitting the nail on the head, and that is exactly what we are going to talk about in Istanbul, among other things.

We have to make some fundamental determinations here, and we have made that crystal clear in our discussions with the Chinese.

What we are talking about in this budget is one penny on every dollar we spend.

I am very concerned about Iran's nuclear ambitions.

We are Boston strong.

We are grateful for all of people's prayers and thoughts.

I am sad to see that, and I am going to come to you maybe later.

The North Koreans, it appears, believe that, you know--they literally believe--I mean, we are told that they believe we are prepared to go to war with them.

We need to obviously shift that into a denuclearization. And until we get to denuclearization, we are not going to go down the road of providing aid to them of any kind.

The fact that you decide not to put your boots on the ground doesn't mean you are not leading.