John McCain Short Quotes

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I'd much rather lose a campaign than lose a war.

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I will not raise your taxes, nor support a tax increase.

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And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago…

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Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.

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I can't believe a guy that handsome wouldn't have some impact.

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I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.

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Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

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America is the greatest force for good in the history of the world.

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I looked into his eyes and saw three letters: a 'K', a 'G', and a 'B'.

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In the words of Chairman Mao, 'It's darkest before it's totally black.'

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I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else's.

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I'm glad whenever they cut interest rates, I wish interest rates were zero.

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Let me say that no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have.

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The first telephones cost a thousand dollars and they were about that big! We all remember that!

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I think — I'll have my staff get to you. It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you.

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Late evening with Col. Qadhafi at his "ranch" in Libya - interesting meeting with an interesting man.

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

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By 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.

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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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Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times.

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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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There is nothing that's off the table. I have my positions and I'll articulate them. But nothing's off the table.

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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 have a clear record, both publicly and privately, of saying Alito and Roberts are what we want on the Supreme Court.

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I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values.

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I will not take the low road to the highest office in this land. I want the presidency in the best way, not the worst way.

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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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I don't know if I would want him as vice president. He and I have the same strengths. But to serve in other capacities? Hell, yeah.

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As you know, there are al-Qaeda operatives that are taken back into Iran, given training as leaders, and they're moving back into Iraq.

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I'm not running for president to be somebody, but to do something; to do the hard but necessary things not the easy and needless things.

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