John McCain Quotes
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I spent five and a half years in prison. The worst part was coming home and finding out Green Acres had been cancelled. What the hell was I fighting for?
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You have to listen to people that have chosen the nominee of our Republican Party. I think it would be foolish to ignore them.
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Americans want jobs. They want affordable health insurance. They want an education.
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I'd like to say to Mr. and Mrs. Khan: thank you for immigrating to America. We're a better country because of you. And you are certainly right; your son was the best of America, and the memory of his sacrifice will make us a better nation - and he will never be forgotten.
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I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values.
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I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.
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I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else's.
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For Mr. Putin, vacillation invites aggression. His world is a brutish, cynical place, where power is worshiped, weakness is despised, and all rivalries are zero-sum.
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I think - I’ll have my staff get to you. It’s condominiums where - I’ll have them get to you.
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As far as this business of solitary confinement goes, the most important thing for survival is communication with someone, even if it's only a wave or a wink, a tap on the wall, or to have a guy put his thumb up. It makes all the difference.
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The first telephones cost a thousand dollars and they were about that big! We all remember that!
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And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago…
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If you want to preserve - I'm very serious now - if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started.
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While I don't in any way question your honor, your patriotism or your service to our country, I do question some of the decisions, the judgments you’ve made over the past two and a half years. During that time things have gotten markedly and progressively worse.
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And we want a fight, and I will fight, but we will be respectful. I admire Senator Obama and his accomplishments, I will respect him and I want- crowd boos No, no, I want everyone to be respectful, and let's make sure we are, because that's the way politics should be conducted in America.
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I think it's important that the President of the United States consult as widely as possible with those who have different views so that he can - he or she - can make the most informed decisions.
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I can't believe a guy that handsome wouldn't have some impact.
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On the issue of the gay marriage, I believe if people want to have private ceremonies, that's fine. I do not believe that gay marriages should be legal.
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For much of my life, the Navy was the only world I knew. It is still the world I know best and love most.
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Every day, people serve their neighbors and our nation in many different ways, from helping a child learn and easing the loneliness of those without a family to defending our freedom overseas. It is in this spirit of dedication to others and to our country that I believe service should be broadly and deeply encouraged.
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The U.S. never lost a battle against North Vietnam, but it lost the war.
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Putin's Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based world order built on American leadership and the primacy of our political and economic values.
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Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.
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I understand the sensitivity of issues regarding women in the military.