Quotes by Bob Kerrey

About Bob Kerrey:

Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey is an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001. Before entering politics, he served in the Vietnam War as a United States Navy SEAL officer and was awarded the Medal of Honor (MOH) for heroism in combat. During the same action for which he was awarded the MOH, he was also severely wounded, precluding further naval service.
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I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

Bob Kerrey

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

Bob Kerrey

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. It's not clear how they will do it, but it neve...

Bob Kerrey

It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.

Bob Kerrey

The problem is you tend to look back and identify mistakes, and as a consequence of feeling terrible about mistakes you say you bungled this so bad, let's get out of here.

Bob Kerrey

Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.

Bob Kerrey

I've been a Yankees fan since I was six.

Bob Kerrey

Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.

Bob Kerrey

When you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority.

Bob Kerrey

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

Bob Kerrey

The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.

Bob Kerrey

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.

Bob Kerrey

The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary.

Bob Kerrey

Author Bio

  • NameBob Kerrey
  • DescriptionPolitician and United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
  • BornAugust 27, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Navy Officer
  • AwardsBronze Star Medal; Medal Of Honor; Purple Heart