John McCain Quotes

“The problem… is that most members of Congress don’t pay attention to what’s going on.” John McCain

 

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

 

“We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.” John McCain

 

“We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home.” John McCain

 

“And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat?” John McCain

 

“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.” John McCain

 

“But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned to love very dearly the right of free expression when I lived without that freedom for a while a long time ago.” John McCain

 

“Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight. We’re Americans. We’re Americans, and we’ll never surrender. They will.” John McCain

 

“I am a Republican. I’m loyal to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. And I believe that my party, in some ways, has strayed from those principles, particularly on the issue of fiscal discipline.” John McCain

 

“I am fully prepared to be commander in chief… I don’t need on-the-job training.” John McCain

“I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.” John McCain

 

“I don’t doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.” John McCain

 

“I’m as frustrated with the French, I think, as anyone, but look, there’s going to be other challenges and there are going to be other issues. As long as there’s a war on terrorism going on, we’re all going to have to work together.” John McCain

 

“My greatest fear is the Iranians acquire a nuclear weapon and give it to a terrorist organization. And there is a real threat of them doing that.” John McCain

 

“On the subject of Osama bin Laden… we will track him down. We will capture him. We will bring him to justice, and I will follow him to the gates of hell.” John McCain

 

“Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.” John McCain

 

“Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice.” John McCain

 

“Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.” John McCain

 

“Remember the words of Chairman Mao: ‘It’s always darkest before it’s totally black.’.” John McCain

 

“Thank God for our form of government. The media won’t let there be any cover-up.” John McCain

 

“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.” John McCain

 

“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.” John McCain