John Kerry Quotes

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.

Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

Panamanians live in a chronic state of insurrection and violence.

I can’t stand it anymore. I can’t stand what’s happening to this country.

There is only so much chaos a nation can stand.

The more insanity that comes from Washington, D.C., the stronger the loyal opposition becomes.

It's the rising tide of enmity in the country, Donald Trump attacking judges, Donald Trump attacking John McCain, Senator [Richard] Blumenthal, the town halls, the riots in Berkeley. You have got the incivility on the floor of the United States Senate. You have got just a rising tide, every single story.

The country is in an extraordinary ferment.

In a way, the road between Huaraz and the lodge is a metaphor for Peruvian politics. It used to be in good repair, and in some places still is.

There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.

America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst I can remember.

We see an extensive program of dismantling state institutions... These are ingredients for catastrophe.

After the assassination of my wife, our nation was perilously close to civil strife. If I, as the co-chairman of the Party, had asked my people to take to the streets, the very existence of the federation would have been threatened.

I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

Ukraine is facing a serious threat of isolation as some local political forces want to put an end to democracy and democratic reforms in the country

Recalling our history which has been characterized by political and constitutional instability …

Nothing can destroy democracy in America faster than a political-military crisis.

Today in Russia, we have this extreme form of democracy, which is called anarchy.

You don't have smooth sailing in the American system no matter who's in charge.

Miserable news from Paris. Another Revolution, barricades, the troops of the line fraternizing with the insurgent National Guards, two Generals shot, to more in the hands and tender mercies of the beastly cowardly Paris mob. Those Parisians are the scum of the earth, and Paris is the crater of the volcano, France, and a bottomless pit of revolution and anarchy.

How can you hope to build up a nation by fragmenting its politics into opposing camps? Whatever one group builds, the other will endeavour to destroy..

Washington D.C. has become a lunatic asylum.

What makes this harder is that it is my party that is ruining the country.

Pakistan's key leaders have succumbed to the assassin's bullet or bomb or the hangman's noose, and the country has seen four military coups since its birth in 1947. Yet the Pakistani polity has limped on.