John McCain Quotes
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One aspect of the Vietnam conflict by the way that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.
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When you're not winning, you're losing.
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As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.
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Public life has many more privileges than hardships.
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I don't know if you could ever say, quote 'mission accomplished,' as much as you could say 'Americans are out of harm's way.'
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We're no longer staring into the abyss of defeat and we can now look ahead to the genuine prospect of success.
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I think ISIS can do terrible things.
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The way you have bipartisan negotiations, you sit down across the table, as we did with Ted Kennedy, as I've done with many other members, and you say, 'OK, here's what I want, here's what you want. We'll adhere to your principles, but we'll make concessions.'
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Russia's leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power.
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The U.S. does not involve itself in what is happening in the world's largest democracy, nor does it intend to do so.
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I love him dearly. On issues of economics and … family values, there's nobody that I know that's stronger.
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The vice president has two duties. One is to inquire daily as to the health of the president, and the other is to attend the funerals of third world dictators. And neither of those do I find an enjoyable exercise.
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Late evening with Col. Qadhafi at his 'ranch' in Libya - interesting meeting with an interesting man.
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I have not been keeping up with it as much as I should have maybe, because it’s certainly-This and Paris Hilton are the kind of issues that seem to get a lot more attention than maybe some of us think they deserve.
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We need to listen to the views and respect the collective will of our democratic allies. When we believe that international action is necessary, whether military, economic, or diplomatic, we will try to persuade our friends that we are right. But we, in return, must also be willing to be persuaded by them.
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I have watched men suffer the anguish of imprisonment, defy appalling human cruelty... break for a moment, then recover inhuman strength to defy their enemies once more.
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Scripture tells us that 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.' Captain Humayun Khan of the United States Army showed in his final moments that he was filled and motivated by this love. His name will live forever in American memory, as an example of true American greatness.
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I think it's important for the president of the United States to be aware of the intelligence information that we have.
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I've got to give you some straight talk: Some of the jobs that have left the state of Michigan are not coming back. They are not. And I am sorry to tell you that.
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Maybe that’s a way of killing them.
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I guess my view is I believe less governance is best governance and that government should not do what the free enterprise and private enterprise and indidividual entrepreneurship and the states can do.
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I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia.
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Maybe 100. As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, it's fine with me and I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaeda is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day.
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Saddam Hussein is a risk-taking aggressor who has attacked four countries, used chemical weapons against his own people, professed a desire to harm the United States and its allies, and, even faced with the prospect of his regime's imminent destruction, has still refused to abide by Security Council demands that he disarm.