John F. Kerry (1943) politician from the United States
Democratic Presidential Debate May 13, 2003 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A16686-2003May5&notFound=true
On finalizing the Iran Deal https://medium.com/the-iran-deal/introduction-fcb13560dfb9#.cxqrwquur
John F. Kerry (1943) politician from the United States
Democratic Presidential Debate May 13, 2003 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A16686-2003May5&notFound=true
“I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.”
Joan Baez (1941) American singer
Pop Chronicles, Show 19 - Blowin' in the Wind: Pop discovers folk music http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19769/m1/, interview recorded 12.3.1967 http://www.library.unt.edu/resolveuid/24bc6899959ba29ac6feca22c5ad8ed9
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931) General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Nobel Address (1991)
Context: I have long ago made a final and irrevocable decision. Nothing and no one, no pressure, cither from the right or from the left, will make me abandon the positions of perestroika and new thinking. I do not intend to change my views or convictions. My choice is a final one.
It is my profound conviction that the problems arising in the course of our transformations can be solved solely by constitutional means. That is why I make every effort to keep this process within the confines of democracy and reforms.
Jesse Ventura (1951) American politician and former professional wrestler
On the "stupid, lazy" media reports on his lack of a college education.
Harvard interview (February 2004)