Alexandra Kerry Quotes

Words have great cumulative power, but in the 21st century, a single image is much stronger. An image suggests the unvarnished truth. That is its power and its fiction.

To every little girl her father is a hero.

My relationship with the journalists who covered the campaign was complicated. I often hid from the critical eye of their cameras and their omnipresent digital recorders, wary of the critique implicit in every captured moment. But I also grew to respect and understand their passion for their work, their love for the journey we were sharing.

It’s taken some getting used to, that my father actually is a hero.

 In 2004, I joined my father, John Kerry, on the trail in his bid for the United States presidency.

I think the press gets lazy once a certain kind of image is out there. It just adheres, rather than the press trying to break that down.