John McCain Quotes (454 Quotes)

...Sound foreign policy is more than arms control, foreign aid and paying (United Nations) dues,

Your decision to deny your viewers an opportunity to be reminded of war's terrible costs, in all their heartbreaking detail, is a gross disservice to the public, and to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces,

authorize the president to use what force necessary in order to bring this war, or this conflict, to an early conclusion.

some people have said this might be a very attractive vice presidential candidate.

This has brought us to the brink, and if we can step back from it, I think it would improve the atmosphere around here,

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.

Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.

We are in agreement on more issues than we are in disagreement. I look forward to enthusiastically campaigning for Gov. Bush over the next six months.

A Nation of Courage.

In the Washington soft money game, big business and big labor are accomplices working together to protect the mushy middle of big government, with plenty of special interest plums Big unions get big spending and big business gets corporate welfare and special tax breaks -- all at the expense of average Americans,

This is George Bush shaking hands with John McCain, promising not to run a negative campaign, ... This is George Bush's new negative ad attacking John McCain and distorting his position.

In the view of everyone, I am a viable candidate and I should be on the ballot,

I have announced my candidacy this year again for Miss Congeniality.

For us to say that the Iranians can do whatever they want to do and we won't under any circumstances exercise a military option would be for them to have a license to do whatever they want to do,

Over the last few days Governor Bush has said that locking up the Social Security trust fund will save Social Security on its own, ... He's wrong.

The U.S. military is a very unique culture. People live very close together under very difficult conditions, ... Late Edition.

Rogue states are the main threat to peace and freedom, and they require a strong, comprehensive policy response -- a policy that I call 'rogue state rollback,' in which our goal is not simply to contain rogue regimes, but to drive them from power,

This terrible loss is a reminder that we can never take for granted the sacrifice of heroes. We extend our condolences to the families of these American patriots and their decorated Israeli colleague at this time of profound sadness.

I don't think there's any doubt as to who will prevail,

I think there are great economies that can be made starting with a round of base closings, ... I want the president to veto these pork-barrel spending bills which have grown to incredible obscene levels. I believe there are a number of weapons systems that have to be eliminated.

We understand when you're held captive in that kind of situation that you do things under duress. And God bless her and we're glad she's home.

He will again describe the threats that we face and the reasons why he will take the action that he has to take if there is non-compliance.

His story tells what real courage is all about.

will not be adopted by Congress this year, nor next year, nor any time soon until a substantial majority of Americans are persuaded that such a consequential action is as vitally important and necessary as the proponents feel it is today.

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,

Any voter with a healthy understanding of the flaws of human nature and who notices the vast amounts of money solicited and received by politicians cannot help but believe that we are unduly influenced by our benefactors' generosity,

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

When a major airline goes on a route that a new entrant has gone into, reduces fares, increases capacity, and then when the new entrant goes off, they leave the route, that's not competition.

Why do you think we should This keeps us from getting information that may save American lives. This is a restraint by humanitarian do-gooders. Why don't we just throw them in the trash can and do what is necessary We have developed sophisticated techniques that we could just go after these people and get what we need and save American lives, General

We can only remember him as someone to admire, someone to emulate if we have his courage and decency and patriotism,

I commend Sen. Santorum for offering several important lobbying reform amendments in the Rules Committee today.

I think that it's very appropriate for the Congress to have hearings on the whole issue. Fine, let's have hearings. It's appropriate after every conflict to have hearings. I'm satisfied that Saddam Hussein not only had weapons of mass destruction, but if we had not overthrown him, he would have went back to pursuing the development of weapons of mass destruction.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

The benefit of an open town hall meeting is one that you get to hear a lot of different views, and two it has credibility,

I think the governor has played by the rules of the game, ... Do I like the game No. But to tie one hand behind his back would not be appropriate.

It's the United States' war. We're the ones that started it. It's our responsibility to finish it, ... We need more troops. We need more money. We need it quickly, and time is not on our side.

It will change America permanently because the next presidential campaign will be run over the Internet,

War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

Parents are not the all-knowing, ideal people we would like you to think we are. We've made wrong choices before, and will again, like everyone else, ... But our mistakes are not the measure of our love for you. You are that measure, and how well you are

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

They're unhappy about a number of aspects of the war, and with some justification, ... Some serious mistakes were made.

has not wavered, he has not flinched from the hard choices, he was determined and remains determined to make this world a better, safer, freer place. He deserves not only our support but our admiration.

But we have a war of ideals and ideas, and that is to sell democracy and freedom and tolerance to the world and the stories like these set us back,

I want to tell the vice president and everybody else that when I'm president there will be a controlling legal authority,

The president called, ... He asked how I was. We had a pleasant conversation.

It may not be time to introduce ground troops but to rule out the option is, of course, really a half-measure in itself.

Don't you get it that this is an issue that's greater than the issue of collective bargaining Don't you understand that this is an issue of such transcendent importance that you should have acted months ago ... The patience of this body ... is at an end.

I don't think it has much effect at all. Most people in Super Tuesday states aren't going to be affected by what happens in Virginia or Washington, to tell you the truth,

On 'don't ask, don't tell' I was always the same. I said we needed a complete review of the impact on morale and battle effectiveness of 'don't ask, don't tell' before we repeal it. That's my position now. Now they're trying to ram through a repeal without a - any kind of really realistic survey done.

I would never want to see myself viewed as beating the drums of war, ... but I would rather live with that image than look into the mirror and see a member of Congress who failed to do his duty.