Kerry Quotes and Kerryism - On the Campaign Trail:

"I'm sorry that we got here a little bit late and a little bit short":

2004-11-03T15:27:00.000-05:00

Transcript: Kerry's Concession Speech:

Thank you. Thank you. (Continued cheers, applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. (Continued cheers, applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
You just have no idea how warming and how generous that welcome is, your love is, your affection, and I'm gratified by it.
I'm sorry that we got here a little bit late and a little bit short. (Chuckles.)
Earlier today, I spoke to President Bush, and I offered him and Laura our congratulations on their victory. We had a good conversation, and we talked about the danger of division in our country and the need, the desperate need for unity, for finding the common ground, coming together. Today, I hope that we can begin the healing. In America -- (applause).
In America it is vital that every vote count, and that every vote be counted. But the outcome should be decided by voters, not a protracted legal process. I would not give up this fight if there was a chance we would prevail. But it is now clear that even when all the provisional ballots are counted -- which they will be -- there won't be enough outstanding votes for us to be able to win Ohio, and therefore we cannot win this election.
My friends, it was here that we began our campaign for the presidency, and all we had was hope and a vision for a better America. It was a privilege and a gift to spend two years traveling this country, coming to know so many of you. I wish that I could just wrap you up in my arms and embrace each and every one of you individually all across this nation. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. (Cheers, applause.) Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. (Cheers,
applause.) Thank you. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE MEMBER: We absolutely loved you!
AUDIENCE MEMBER: We've still got your back! (Laughter.)
SEN. KERRY: Thank you, man. (Cheers, applause.) And I'm – and I assure you, you watch: I'll still have yours. So hang in there. (Cheers, applause.)
I will always be particularly grateful to the colleague that you just heard from who became my partner, my very close friend, an extraordinary leader, John Edwards. And I thank him for everything he did and I just -- (cheers, applause). Thank you.
John -- John and I would be the first to tell you that we owe so much to our families. They're here with us today. They were with us every single step of the way. They sustained us. They went out on their own and they multiplied our campaign all across this country. No one did this more with grace and with courage and candor that I love than my wife, Teresa, and I thank her. (Cheers, applause.) Thank you.
And our children were there every single step of the way. It was unbelievable. Vanessa, Alex, Chris, Andre and John from my family. And Elizabeth Edwards, who is so remarkable and so strong and so smart. (Cheers, applause.) And Johnny and Cate, who went out there on her own, just like my daughters did, and also Emma Claire and Jack, who were up beyond their bedtime last night, like a lot of us. (Cheers, applause.)
I want to thank my crewmates and my friends from 35 years ago, that great band of brothers who crisscrossed this country on my behalf through 2004. (Extended applause.) They had the courage to speak the truth back then, and they spoke it again this year, and for that I will forever be grateful.
Ad thanks also, as I look around here, to friends and family of a lifetime, some from college, friends made all across the years, and then all across the miles of this campaign.
You are so special. You brought the gift of your passion for our country and the possibilities of change, and that will stay with us and with this country forever.
Thanks to Democrats and Republicans and Independents who stood with us, and everyone who voted, no matter who their candidate was.
And thanks to my absolutely unbelievable, dedicated staff, led by a wonderful campaign manager, Mary Beth Cahill, who did an extraordinary job. (Cheers, applause.)
There's so much written about campaigns and there's so much that Americans never get to see. I wish they could all spend a day on a campaign and see how hard these folks work to make America better. It is its own unbelievable contribution to our democracy, and it's a gift to everybody, but especially to me.
And I'm grateful to each and every one of you, and I thank your families, and I thank you for the sacrifices you've made, and to all the volunteers all across this country who gave so much of themselves.
You know, thanks to William Field -- (laughs) -- a 6-year-old who collected $680, a quarter and a dollar at a time selling bracelets during the summer, to help change America. (Cheers, applause.)
Thanks to Michael Benson from Florida, who I spied in a rope line holding a container of money, and it turned out he had raided his piggy bank and wanted to contribute.
And thanks to Ilana Wexler, 11 years old, who started "Kids for Kerry" all across our country. (Cheers, applause.)
I think of the brigades of students and people, young and old, who took time to travel, time off from work, their own vacation time, to work in states far and wide. They braved the hot days of summer and the cold days of the fall and the winter to knock on doors because they were determined to open the doors of opportunity to all Americans. They worked their hearts out. And I wish you, you don't know how much, that I could have brought this race home for you, for them. And I say to them now: Don't lose faith. What you did made a difference. And building on itself -- (applause). Building on itself, we go on to make a difference another day. I promise you that time will come. The time will come, the election will come when your work and your ballots will change the world. And it's worth fighting for. (Applause.)
I want to especially say to the American people, in this journey you have given me the honor and the gift of listening and learning from you. I have visited your homes, I visited your churches, I
visited your community halls. I've heard your stories. I know your struggles. I know your hopes.
They are part of me now. And I will never forget you, and I'll never stop fighting for you. (pplause; cheers.) You may not understand completely in what ways, but it is true when I say to you that you have taught me and you've tested me and you've lifted me up, and you've made me stronger.
I did my best to express my vision and my hopes for America. We worked hard, and we fought hard, and I wish that things had turned out a little differently. But in an American election, there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates are successful, the next morning, we all wake up as Americans. (Applause.) And that – that is the greatest privilege and the most remarkable good fortune that can come to us on Earth.
With that gift also comes obligation. We are required now to work together for the good of our country. In the days ahead, we must find common cause, we must join in common effort, without remorse or recrimination, without anger or rancor. America is in need of unity and longing for a larger measure of compassion. I hope President Bush will advance those values in the coming years.
I pledge to do my part to try to bridge the partisan divide. I know this is a difficult time for my supporters, but I ask them, all of you, to join me in doing that. Now more than ever, with our soldiers in harm's way, we must stand together and succeed in Iraq and win the war on terror.
I will also do everything in my power to ensure that my party, a proud Democratic Party, stands true to our best hopes and ideals. I believe that what we started in this campaign will not end here, and I know -- (cheers, applause). Our fight goes on to put America back to work and to make our economy a great engine of job growth. Our fight goes on to make affordable health care a accessible right for all Americans, not a privilege. Our fight goes on to protect the environment, to achieve equality, to push the frontiers of science and discovery, and to restore America's reputation in the world. I believe that all of this will happen, and sooner than we may think because we're America and America always moves forward. (Applause.)
I've been honored to represent the citizens of this commonwealth for the -- in the United States Senate now for 20 years, and I pledge to them that in the years ahead I'm going to fight on for the people and for the principles that I've learned and lived with here in Massachusetts.
I'm proud of what we stood for in this campaign and of what we accomplished. When we began, no one thought it was possible to even make this a close race. But we stood for real change, change that would make a real difference in the life of our nation and the lives of our families, and we defined that choice to America.
I'll never forget the wonderful people who came to our rallies, who stood in our rope lines, who put their hopes in our hands, who invested in each and every one of us. I saw in them the truth that America is not only great, but it is good.
So here -- (applause). So with a grateful heart, I leave this campaign with a prayer that has even greater meaning to me now that I have come to know our vast country so much better, thanks to all of you, and what a privilege it has been to do so, and that prayer is very simple: God bless America. Thank you. (Cheers, applause.)

Linking hands and hearts...

2004-11-02T13:21:00.000-05:00

" We're going to link hands and hearts and we're going to take America to a better place,"

The unbroken Redskins factor over 17 Presidential elections:

2004-10-31T17:15:00.000-05:00

" I couldn't be more thrilled with the Packers win today "

At the final home stretch.....

2004-10-31T13:02:00.000-05:00

"Through many dangers, toils and snares I have come, it is grace that brought me safe thus far and tis grace will bring me home...................these have been long months "

On the Election Day...:

2004-10-31T11:29:00.000-05:00

" You have the choice to give the American economy a fresh start "

Sox Won - "We're on our way":

2004-10-28T12:17:00.000-05:00

"About a year ago, when things weren't going so well in my campaign, somebody called a radio talk show and they said, thinking they were just cutting me right to the quick, they said 'John Kerry won't be the president until the Red Sox win.' Well, we're on our way."

My Task:

2004-10-24T16:13:00.000-05:00

"My task, as I see it ... is not to write every doctrine into law. That is not possible or right in a pluralistic society. But my faith does give me values to live by and apply to the decisions I make."

Keeping the faith...not just with our Creator:

2004-10-24T16:11:00.000-05:00

"I believe we must keep faith, not only with our the Creator but also with present and future generations"

Ethical Test:

2004-10-24T16:10:00.000-05:00

"The ethical test of a good society is how it treats its most vulnerable members"

Investing in Science & Technology:

2004-10-21T14:49:00.000-05:00

"The American people deserve a president who understands that when America invests in science and technology, we can build a stronger economy and create jobs for the 21st century"

When America is Strongest?

2004-10-20T14:46:00.000-05:00

“ Dwight Eisenhower knew it, Ronald Reagan knew it, Richard Nixon knew it, Gerry Ford knew it, George Herbert Walker Bush knew it, that the United States of America is strongest when we lead the world and we lead allies “

Quoting President Reagan:

2004-10-15T19:45:00.000-05:00

"As President Reagan once said, facts are stubborn things"

Presidency and jobs:

2004-10-13T22:52:00.000-05:00

" I will fight for the American worker just as hard as I fight for my own job "

On Faith:

2004-10-13T21:49:00.000-05:00

"Everything is a gift from the Almighty"

Tribute to "Superman" Chris Reeve:

2004-10-11T13:33:00.000-05:00

"As Chris once said, so many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable. And then when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable....I know that if we put our minds to it, one day we're going to realize Chris's inevitable dream, and that's our mission for all of us."

Military's job & President's job:

2004-10-08T21:30:00.000-05:00

" Military's job is to win the war. The president's job is to win the peace ".

What builds a community?

2004-10-06T10:07:00.000-05:00

"In rural communities, especially, you feel the connection each to the other, that's what builds community".

Youth years - At Uncle's dairy farm, Collecting empty milk bottles and finding notes from customers tucked inside:

2004-10-06T10:03:00.000-05:00

"I got to understand the value of that, and I understand the passion people have, when the corn gets knee high, and the corn gets yay high, and it changes color, and the first frost hits".

Future:

2004-09-30T21:28:00.000-05:00

"The Future belongs to freedom, not to fear".

On Military service:

2004-09-30T21:02:00.000-05:00

"...the most noble thing anybody can do. And I want to make sure the outcome honors that nobility."

On energy independence:

2004-09-24T20:47:00.000-05:00

"I want an America that relies on our own innovation and ingenuity"

On the upcoming debates:

2004-09-24T09:31:00.000-05:00

"I think a lot of people will tune in. There are undecideds. A lot of folks will try to measure our character and our vision, so I think it's an important moment."

Open to America's ideals:

2004-09-20T20:35:00.000-05:00

" Billions of people around the world yearning for a better life are open to America's ideals. We must reach them."

Protecting Social Security:

2004-09-19T15:47:00.000-05:00

"I believe in the family value expressed in one of the oldest Commandments: Honor thy father and thy mother."

October Juices flowing:

2004-09-19T07:31:00.000-05:00

"I feel those October juices flowing....and I've been at this for a while and when those juices get flowing, I feel good. Let me tell you, we feel it happening."

On Kerry-Edwards Health Care Plan:

2004-09-18T20:08:00.000-05:00

"More accessible and affordable........plan for stronger, healthier families and children."

When reminded by aides that it was time to leave from a campaign stop:

2004-09-17T19:45:00.000-05:00

"Here's the toughest job in American politics, ladies and gentlemen: It's getting me to shut up."

Learning in the hardest way possible...

2004-09-11T10:38:00.000-05:00

``We learned in the hardest way possible that the American spirit endures. It is that spirit which leads us to defy those who would harm us, and affirm that freedom will win...''

Our love of Country:

2004-09-11T10:36:00.000-05:00

``....far outshines the darkness of those who hate.''

At a PA restaurant where the choices are limited to whatever the cook felt like serving on a particular day.

2004-09-07T19:57:00.000-05:00

"My kind of place, you know, because when they give you the menu, I'm always struggling.."

Our National Security:

2004-09-02T09:05:00.000-05:00

"I will never give any nation or any institution a veto over our national security."

- At DNC Convention on July 29, 2004.

War on terror:

2004-09-01T20:31:00.000-05:00

"With the right policies, this is a war we can win, this is a war we must win and this is a war we will win."

66 days to go:

2004-08-28T20:35:00.000-05:00

"We've got 66 days to go, and I'm in a fighting mood,"

Health care option:

2004-08-26T13:50:00.000-05:00

"Today, millions of Americans have one option for health care: Emergency room in the middle of the night."

Real issues that matter:

2004-08-24T19:44:00.000-05:00

"Jobs, health care, energy independence, and rebuilding our alliances -- the real issues that matter to the American people."

Effective, smarter, engaged and proactive:

2004-08-22T10:14:00.000-05:00

"I will fight a more effective war on terror — smarter, more engaged, more proactive...........I will make our troops safer, not overextended....."

Best about America:

2004-08-21T20:55:00.000-05:00

Touring hurricane Charlie ravaged Florida:

``How upset they are is really very, very moving and the way people have come together says the best about America.''

I am running for President:

2004-08-20T14:16:00.000-05:00

"I'm running for president of the United States because I know in my heart -- and this does not have a Democratic or Republican label, it's an American value -- we know how to put people to work, and we know what to do ... to be fair."

What was true 30 years ago, is still true:

2004-08-19T21:33:00.000-05:00

"Thirty years ago, official Navy reports documented my service in Vietnam and awarded me the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts.........thirty years ago, this was the plain truth. It still is. And I still carry the shrapnel in my leg from a wound in Vietnam."

On having prostate surgery:

2004-08-17T15:07:00.000-05:00

"There's not much that scares me. So I'm not worried about things -- certainly not dying, because too many of my friends did. So I think it empowers you to go out and tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may."

...and the real life Queen:

2004-08-17T15:04:00.000-05:00

"After my first marriage, I was like a lot of people who had a relationship that doesn't work -- you want to make sure that the next one does. And you're a little gun-shy and apprehensive and nervous. And Teresa gave me a sense of confidence about relationships that filled that. ........I'm confident about a lot of things, but I'm not somebody who's blind to human frailty and to the need for humility. We all have our flaws...And Teresa, you know, gave me just a great sort of strong, clear commitment to who I am..............So you know, she loved me. And I think that kind of love is very compelling."

Of silver screen beauties:

2004-08-17T14:59:00.000-05:00

"I think Charlize Theron is pretty extraordinary ... Catherine Zeta Jones... and Marilyn Monroe ... I thought she was funny. Complicated. And obviously very attractive, very beautiful."

[From a GQ interview]

Welcome to the Kerryism Newsstand:

2004-08-16T19:16:00.000-05:00

"I read four or five papers a day if I can.....it depends obviously on where I am and what I'm doing. I always pick up a local paper in the hotel I'm staying at, or two depending on what the city is. And I try to get the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, papers like that. I try to read as much as I can."

Speaking of those who oppose drug importation from Canada:

2004-08-15T20:01:00.000-05:00

"I thought these were the people who believed in the marketplace, in fair competition."

Floridians in our prayers:

2004-08-15T13:01:00.000-05:00

"Teresa and I are really thinking about those folks and our prayers and our thoughts are with them in the next hours......and we hope very, very much that the recovery can proceed as rapidly as possible and lives can be put back together."

Kerryism is Government for the people, by the people:

2004-08-14T14:03:00.000-05:00

"Government is not supposed to make choices that favor just the powerful special interests, the people with the money who can go to Washington and have access average people can't have."

Kerryism = Fundamental Fairness:

2004-08-13T21:53:00.000-05:00

"John Edwards and I know that we can restore fundamental fairness to America."

Energy policy as seen by Kerryism:

2004-08-13T12:45:00.000-05:00

"We're going to declare America energy independent."

Export products, not...:

2004-08-12T16:00:00.000-05:00

"We value an America that exports products, not jobs."

We can do better for Seniors' prescriptions:

2004-08-11T06:00:00.000-05:00

"Seniors are cutting their pills in half, and we're told the best we can do for them is a Medicare bill that's riddled with waste and handouts to drug companies. We can do better."

No to Nuclear waste dump under Yucca:

2004-08-10T20:11:00.000-05:00

"As a senator, I voted against it, and as president, I will do everything in my power to ensure that your backyard doesn't become America's nuclear waste dump."

A Kerryism goal: Statesmanship + alliance building = Reducing troops in Iraq

2004-08-10T11:16:00.000-05:00

"I believe if you do the statesmanship properly, I believe if you do the kind of alliance building that is available to us, that it is appropriate to have a goal of reducing our troops over that period of time."

On National Park Reforms:

2004-08-09T20:14:00.000-05:00

"Protecting our parks is not just about doing what's right to preserve these national treasures......It is also about protecting our economy, our quality of life and strengthening communities across the country."

I want to talk to everyone:

2004-08-08T08:10:00.000-05:00

"I want to talk to the people who aren't here..............I want to talk to rural, I want to talk to conservative Missouri. I want to talk to Republicans and independents - because I want to talk common-sense, mainstream American values."

Getting American troops home from Iraq - By building more alliances:

2004-08-06T19:37:00.000-05:00

"If I get other countries involved in the training of troops and training them more rapidly, the Iraqis themselves can take over a great deal more of their own security.....But you need stability to be able to do that. How do you achieve the stability? You need to have more people involved in the process....... We have not seen this administration do the statesmanship, do the diplomacy necessary, and America's paying a very high price, both in terms of the lives of our young and the money that's coming out of the taxpayers' pockets.........I will do a better job of building those alliances and getting our troops home."

On weak employment figures

2004-08-06T11:55:00.000-05:00

"America can go in a new direction. We can make it better. The American people need jobs and a strong economy, affordable health care and energy independence and we have a plan to get it done."

Energy Policy:

2004-08-06T06:25:00.000-05:00

"What we cannot afford is four more years of an energy policy that leaves our security and our prosperity in the hands of foreign governments who don't share our values."

Kerryism - is wanting to bring deficits under control:

2004-08-05T23:01:00.000-05:00

"I want you to talk to Republicans and independents and I want you to remind them there is nothing conservative about running up deficits as far as the eye can see and giving the debt to our children."

A Kerryism pledge - on one of the purposes of Kerry Administration:

2004-08-05T12:12:00.000-05:00

"Lift up those who are left out."

Fiscal Responsibility of a business:

2004-08-05T06:05:00.000-05:00

"John Edwards and I are going to put back in place fiscal responsibility. We're going to run the federal government with the kind of discipline you run your business"

Talking to Independents, Republicans in the heartland:

2004-08-04T13:42:00.000-05:00

"This doesn't have a political label..........I know you're not just here for a label. You're not here for Democrat, Republican, independent, liberal or conservative. You're here to find out whether or not someone can lead this country with common sense and mainstream American values that make America fair."

To the workers hard hit by economic woes in Southern Wisconsin:

2004-08-04T05:32:00.000-05:00

"We're going to put money in your pocket."

Just say no - to pliling debts on our children:

2004-08-03T19:34:00.000-05:00

"I am determined as president that I am not going to be responsible for piling debt on our children's hands."

Kerryism is ........saying no to deficits:

2004-08-03T19:32:00.000-05:00

"We're going to reinstate something most of you try to do with your families: It's called pay as you go. Pay as you go"

On Claims that the economy has turned the corner:

2004-08-03T15:40:00.000-05:00

"There's nothing more pessimistic than saying we can't do better."

On polls showing no significant bounce from the convention:

2004-08-03T05:48:00.000-05:00

"First of all, it doesn't mean anything, because you don't know who the likely voters are.."

Reaching out and bringing more allies and people on board:

2004-08-02T11:27:00.000-05:00

"John and I know that we can build a safer America by reaching out to other countries, bringing people to our side."

Bringing all allies on board:

2004-08-01T11:57:00.000-05:00

``smarter, more engaged.........more respectful of the world, we're going to bring people to our side.''

Fresh start needed to restore ties with allies:

2004-08-01T07:46:00.000-05:00

"The problem is that this administration has lost credibility, they've pushed countries away......And I think that a fresh start changes the equation, particularly changes it for leaders in other countries who have great difficulty right now associating themselves with our policy and with the United States because of the way this administration has burned those bridges."

If elected, wants to be in the FDR, JFK, Truman, Eisenhower mold beacuse:

2004-07-31T17:41:00.000-05:00

"They stood up and told the truth to the American people and they had a plan and they took this country to the future."

On the 21 State, 3500 mile bus tour now on the road:

2004-07-31T13:22:00.000-05:00

''It's not about Republican and Democrat, liberal [and] conservative. It's about mainstream American values that define our nation. It's about all being part of the same family.''

About the Saudi born terrorist Bin Laden:

2004-07-31T13:18:00.000-05:00

"I want him tried for murder in New York City, and in Virginia and in Pennsylvania."

On post 9/11 world:

2004-07-30T21:29:00.000-05:00

"We're living in a world that's changed dramatically from the world of four years ago and we deserve leadership that tells the truth to the American people and helps America act like a beacon to the world."

Of Dad and Mom...

2004-07-30T09:34:00.000-05:00

"(Dad) lived out the responsibilities and sacrifices of the greatest generation.....(Mom) taught me to see trees as the cathedrals of nature."

Policies guided by facts:

2004-07-30T09:31:00.000-05:00

"Will ask hard questions and demand hard evidence...............policy is guided by facts, and facts are never distorted by politics."

The measure of our Character:

2004-07-30T06:41:00.000-05:00

"The measure of our character is our willingness to give of ourselves for others and for our country."

Key excerpts from the BBC:

2004-07-30T06:13:00.000-05:00

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3938569.stm

As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side:

2004-07-29T21:55:00.000-05:00

"I don't wear my own faith on my sleeve. But faith has given me values and hope to live by, from Vietnam to this day, from Sunday to Sunday. I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side. And whatever our faith, one belief should bind us all: The measure of our character is our willingness to give of ourselves for others and for our country."

Home is where the heart is - Accepting the nomination:

2004-07-29T21:01:00.000-05:00

"A great American novelist wrote that you can't go home again. He could not have imagined this evening. Tonight, I am home. Home where my public life began and those who made it possible live. Home where our nation's history was written in blood, idealism, and hope. Home where my parents showed me the values of family, faith, and country."

Dad's Love - Alexandra Kerry:

2004-07-29T20:50:00.000-05:00

"Let me tell you this, when he loves you — as he loves me and my sister and his family, as he loves the men who fought beside him — there is no sacrifice too great...........when he cares for you, as he cares for this country, there are no surer hands and no wiser heart." - Alexandra Kerry

On his long and bumpy road to the nomination:

2004-07-28T21:19:00.000-05:00

"an amazing journey.............we're going to take this country and we're going to turn it into a future that honours our history"

Edwards and I have a lot in common:

2004-07-28T11:08:00.000-05:00

On the lighter side......"You know, John Edwards and I have a lot in common. His name is John, my name is John. He's a lawyer, I'm a lawyer. He was chosen 'the sexiest politician' by People Magazine. I read People Magazine" - John Kerry

Vision of America:

2004-07-28T10:19:00.000-05:00

"Americans showed the world what can happen when people believe in amazing possibilities....It is the America the world wants to see, shining, hopeful and bright once again. And that is the America that my husband, John Kerry, wants to lead." - Teresa Heinz Kerry

Urging fast action on the 9/11 Commission Report:

2004-07-27T12:14:00.000-05:00

"We have the strength as a nation to do what needs to be done"

On the sixth victory of Lance Armstrong at Tour De France:

2004-07-26T20:43:00.000-05:00

"I tip my hat to Lance Armstrong and to the whole U.S. Postal team, the U.S. Postal team makes the United States proud."

On toning down negative attacks:

2004-07-26T15:57:00.000-05:00

``I want this to be a positive affirmation of why I'm running for president and what I want to do as president.''

"Hometown boy Kerry pulls up his sox:"

2004-07-26T13:11:00.000-05:00

``I love the Red Sox. The idea of missing a Yankees-Red Sox series right before convention week is unacceptable".

The Australian News headline:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10254327%5E2703,00.html

On what people to take from the convention:

2004-07-25T08:43:00.000-05:00

"That I'm a strong leader who has a very clear vision for how we're going to make America stronger at home and respected in the world."

On the way to Boston:

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"We go to Boston, to the birthplace of the revolution of America and the possibilities of the future. And from there we go to the White House."

Kerry's take on economy:

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"America can do better"

After the 9/11 Commission findings:

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"We must do better, and there is an urgency about us doing better."

"The terrorists will not wait for us, and we will not wait for them"

From Vanessa Kerry:

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"He's made huge efforts to be there for us growing up -- whether it was flying back from Washington on a Wednesday afternoon to see our game, whether it was literally counseling me through a breakup in college, knowing that caring and that depth of caring, I know that is part of the reason he will make an extraordinary president. I think that this country is starting to see that side" - Vanessa Kerry, 27, Daughter of Sen. John Kerry

On the photogenic aspects of Edwards:

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"I have to say that John Edwards is very beautiful." - Teresa Heinz Kerry

After naming Sen. Edwards for VP:

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"There's a lot of energy, I've got a partner to share the burden. We have great optimism and great hope."

For the sake of our kids:

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"We have got to re-create, give a rebirth to the great spirit of this country, for the sake of our kids, for the sake of the world and peace." - Teresa Heinz Kerry

At American Federation of Teachers:

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"We value education as the path to opportunity in America, and we value the teachers who dedicate their lives to giving our young people the best possible start in life."

At the NAACP:

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"I will be a president who is truly a uniter, not someone who seeks to divide our nation by race, riches or any other label".

Celebrating 4th of July:

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"This weekend, we've been on a journey to celebrate the spirit of America and honor the values that built our country and strengthened our communities - values like family, responsibility and service"

On 4th of July:

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"It's hard to believe that in 1776, when we declared our independence and embarked on this bold experiment, we were only 13 colonies standing up to a mighty empire guided by the promise that 'all men are created equal ... with certain unalienable rights,' including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And because of that promise, we won our independence, secured our freedom and launched the greatest democracy in the world."