John McCain Quotes on America (44 Quotes)

Under my plan, 85 percent of America will pay no tax or have a flat tax at our lowest rate of 15 percent.

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.

I have known Trent Lott for 20 years, ... I don't believe he's racist. But he must proactively send a message to his colleagues in the Senate and the American people that he is absolutely opposed to any segregation in any form and racism in any form and discrimination in any form.

The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let's extend the tax - the existing tax cuts. And then let's give some more tax breaks to small businesses and large. And then maybe the American people will have some confidence.

Arizona may be the only state in America where mothers don't tell their children that someday they can grow up and be president.

No, I don't think it is, at least not any time soon given the tenor of politics in America and the courts in America.

I don't think we'll completely close the book until there is a full and complete accounting of those who are still listed as missing in action, but I think this is progress, I think this is good for America, and I think it's good for the Vietnamese people because this will be a boost to their economy and increased trade between our two nations,

I think the American people should know there's already strong influences toward another deployment of American troops in an open-ended commitment.

We need very badly to form this unity government as soon as possible. We all know the polls show declining support among the American people.

This bill is a shameful example of why the American public has become cynical and skeptical of government. We seem to have forgotten that all these programs, whether meritorious or not, must be paid for,

Do we really want another politician in the White House America can't trust

I don't know if these allegations are true, ... But they have to be investigated. We've got to make it clear to the world that America doesn't do it. It's not about prisoners. It's about us.

We ought to pay down the national debt, ... The American people are tired of people who make promises about cutting taxes that they cannot keep.

I believe the Congress of the United States will move forward on this issue. And I believe the American people expect us to, ... Face The Nation.

That does not mean we won't experience the tragedy of the loss of some American lives. We will have an opportunity to instill a democracy in Iraq which will be an example and perhaps force other nations in that region to move in the same direction.

It is perhaps my greatest hope, Mr. President, that some day we'll consider tax and spending measures with no one else in mind but future generations of American taxpayers. We're tying a millstone of debt around their necks, and it is a grave mistake.

I am the son and grandson of Navy admirals, and I was born into America's service, ... It wasn't until I was deprived of her company that I fell in love with America.

Let's move forward to try to address the most egregious and outrageous corrupting aspect of campaigns in America today and that is the incredible inundation of soft money and its pernicious effects,

There's going to be a lot of people watching next Tuesday. There's going to be a decision to be made, which direction goes the Republican party in the United States of America,

I respect the president, ... The president of the United States was re-elected by a majority of the American people, and I respect his right. And I will work with the president obviously and with the secretary of defense.

This man is fully prepared, ... He is fully prepared to restore integrity and respect to the White House of the United States of America.

America has the strongest, best-trained, best-led military force in the world, and we have failed them. Our military today is struggling in virtually every category that measures preparedness,

Complaints on the part of passengers are at an all time high, and I'm not sure that the trend in American airlines today is healthy for or beneficial to the American passenger.

We know that Medicare's going broke in seven years, but we need to start over.That's what the American people want us to do.

I think it's good for the American public. I am very confident Dr. Rice will perform well. She's extremely intelligent. I admire her, and I think she will do very well, and it will be very helpful to this commission.

is we are making progress, we have to make progress and we regret the loss of every single young American. But the benefits of success are enormous.

The president and his State of the Union speech will talk about this issue with the American people,

But I also want to change the dynamics of this debate, which has kept us gridlocked into positions which caused people to shoot at abortion clinics and other Americans to view it as the only issue in American politics, ... There are areas we can agree on. ... We need to work together to eliminate abortion.

What is good for my country is good for my party, ... Should my party abandon this principle, the American people will abandon us.

Today more people lose their seats in the Politburo in Havana than in the Congress of America, ... We need to have competitive races for the Legislature. ... We have to have a clash of ideas.

And before the American people agree to such a thing, they have to be fully informed by the president as to the necessity for doing so and why the Europeans can't handle this burden themselves,

Opponents of the war will seize this moment to attack our policy in Iraq, ... They're already doing that. We know that. It will not affect my view, except for the sorrow and regret that I feel at the loss of American lives.

Congress and the American people have good reason to fear that we are heading toward another permanent garrison of Americans in a Balkan country where our mission is confused, and our exit strategy a complete mystery.

Overwhelming majorities of the American people believe that (screening passengers) is now a law-enforcement function, and law enforcement functions, like the Border Patrol and other functions to ensure security, are federal responsibilities, ... Fox News Sunday.

The fact is, I have rejected the leadership of these two individuals who have led our party in the wrong direction. Their message of intolerance is in direct contradiction to the message I've been trying to send America.

General Myers seems to assume that things have gone well in Iraq. General Myers seems to assume that the American people or the support for our conflict there is not eroding,

One week from this evening we are going to be celebrating one of the greatest victories in American political history.

The cable industry has risen to new heights in their apparent willingness and ability to gouge the American consumer. Cable rates have increased an unbelievable five-and-a-half times faster than inflation.

I think we also ought to prepare the American public, by way of informing them, that Saddam Hussein has these weapons, continues to attempt to improve their capability, and would not be reluctant to export them to other countries, ... So he presents a clear and present danger.

Our task is to make it unambiguously clear to the American people that we are an inclusive party in the spirit of our founder, Abraham Lincoln.

General Myers seems to assume that everything has gone fine, and our declarations of victory, of which there have been many, have not had an impact on American public opinion. Things have not gone as we had planned or expected, nor as we were told by you, General Myers,

If we do nothing, we are handing our children a ticking time bomb that will require they pay ever greater payroll taxes just as they are beginning their careers, starting their own families and staking their claim to the American Dream.

We need an assessment of the capabilities of the United States of America to gather intelligence in order that the president ... may make the most difficult decisions that a president has to make, ... That process is under severe criticism and scrutiny in some quarters.

He is a good man from a good family that has, in good times and bad, dedicated themselves to America, ... Many years ago, the governor's father served in the Pacific, with distinction, under the command of my grandfather. Now it is my turn to serve under the son of my grandfather's subordinate.