John Kerry Quotes

My message to the Americans, to the American President, is that I am coming from Poland, which is in good shape; it is much different than ten years ago when last state visit from Poland was here in the United States.

China is a great nation that offers the world a great culture, so many good things. I love the Chinese people and I hope there is the possibility of having good relations. We're in contact, we talk, we are moving forward but for me, to have as a friend a great country like China, which has so much culture and has so much opportunity to do good, would be a joy.

State visits are often an opportunity for the United States to reaffirm our ties and friendship with our closest partners around the world.

The United States has better relations with the countries of Asia than any of them have with each other.

If Russia and the United States approach each other in starkly adversarial terms, the conflict will badly warp the foreign policy of both countries ...

Make China Strong. Make China String is the only way to ensure that foreign countries will not tart a conflict against us.

Genuine association of interest on the part of the great powers must precede the transformation of the united nations military alliance into a political society of nations.

North Korea is not even close to being a near peer to South Korea or, much less, the United States.

We are going to extend our frank hand to seek a relation of friendship - I repeat - of cooperation with the United States.

I remain dedicated to building an economy that works for every American and every community. I remain committed to ensuring our security at home while also ensuring we lead the world in improving security around the globe.

The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.

My primary mission as president will be to create more opportunity and more good jobs with rising wages right here in the United States. From my first day in office to my last, especially in places that for too long have been left out and left behind.

If the United States and China can accommodate each other on a broad range of issues, the prospects for stability in Asia will be greatly increased.

I'm calling on the United States: what kind of strategic partners are we, that you can still host someone whose extradition I have asked for?

Following the missile crisis, detente started to gain ground between the United States and the Soviet Union, so the international political climate improved after that.

We should have a good working friendship with the United States.

I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people, who are so capable, had a normal country that they could chart a different future.

We are all in favor of the U.S. taking an active and constructive interest in Asia.

Trade accords had been a staple of the post-World War II world, providing a mechanism for economic growth, development, and association with friends and allies, and a means of reining in would-be adversaries who otherwise would have little incentive to act with restraint.

E.U.-U.S. ties are deeper than any change in politics.

If North Korea chooses the right path, the country can draw a bright future for itself.

Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.

We must immediately find the way to come and say to the U.S., 'Despite the difficult differences of opinion between us, there are no closer friends, and no better allies than you to us, and we to you.'

The United States, working closely with the United Kingdom and others, established the liberal world order in the wake of World War II. The goal was to ensure that the conditions that had led to two world wars in 30 years would never again arise.

The United States wants a strong United Kingdom as a partner. And the United Kingdom is at its best when it's helping to lead a strong Europe.