John McCain Quotes
-
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.
-
We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.
-
I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values.
-
I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.
-
I know that victims of torture will offer intentionally misleading information if they think their captors will believe it.
-
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.
-
Bomb, bomb! Bomb, Iran!
-
It is foolish to view realism and idealism as incompatible or to consider our power and wealth as encumbered by the demands of justice, morality, and conscience.
-
The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.
-
You have to listen to people that have chosen the nominee of our Republican Party. I think it would be foolish to ignore them.
-
I made it very clear, at that time, before and after, that we will not negotiate with terrorist organizations, that Hamas would have to abandon their terrorism, their advocacy to the extermination of the state of Israel, and be willing to negotiate in a way that recognizes the right of the state of Israel and abandons their terrorist position and advocacy.
-
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?
-
Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her.
-
I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.
-
Americans want jobs. They want affordable health insurance. They want an education.
-
I think that Fox News is a bit schizophrenic.
-
The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, 'Senator, we ought to change the policy,' then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it.
-
The first telephones cost a thousand dollars and they were about that big! We all remember that!
-
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.
-
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.
-
The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America.
-
America's greatest strength has always been its hopeful vision of human progress.
-
And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago…
-
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.