Maxioms by Senator John Kerry
It’s a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad read more
It’s a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad moment in history and enact serious lobbying reform. We owed it to the people who sent us to Washington to root out corruption, and the Senate turned its back on a golden opportunity today.
The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not given the truth; as I read more
The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not given the truth; as I said more than a year ago, knowing what we know now, I would not have gone to war in Iraq. And knowing now the full measure of the Bush Administration’s duplicity and incompetence, I doubt there are many members of Congress who would give them the authority they abused so badly. I know I would not.
History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of all time.
History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of all time.
There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry go-round policy. They got up on their high horse, whooped and read more
There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry go-round policy. They got up on their high horse, whooped and hollered, rode around in circles, and ended right back where they'd started.
The world today has a strong democratic core shaped by American ingenuity, sacrifice, and spirit. But on the periphery are read more
The world today has a strong democratic core shaped by American ingenuity, sacrifice, and spirit. But on the periphery are many unstable and dangerous places, where terrorists seek to impose a medieval dark age. As we learned so brutally and so personally, we do face a new threat. But we also face a renewed choice - between isolation in a perilous world, which I believe is impossible in any event, and engagement to shape a safer world which is the urgent imperative of our time.
