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" America didn't invent human rights. Those rights are common to all people: nations, cultures, and religions cannot choose to simply opt out of them. "
John McCain
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People
Human Rights
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" The United States expects a lot of its partners and allies, including joint patrolling, significant contributions to armed conflicts, and a strict adherence to human rights, among other things. "
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" Americans want jobs. They want affordable health insurance. They want an education. "
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" Most great leaders in history that I've studied always need to get as wide a range of opinions as possible so that they can have sufficient information to make the right decisions. "
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" Sometimes it's important to watch what the president does rather than what he says. "
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" The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government. "
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" I don't think anybody is - no one could compare to Ronald Reagan, because he was the right man at the right time. "
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" I think that Rand Paul represents a segment of the GOP, just like his father. And I think he is trying to expand that, intelligently, to make it larger. "
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" I believe we should always put our country first. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training. "
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" And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are signs that the government put up that say, 'Warning. You are in a drug smuggling area and a human smuggling area.' "
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Environment
Live
" In 1987, I had my first opportunity to provide 'advice and consent' on a Supreme Court nominee. At that time, I stated that the qualifications essential for evaluating a nominee for the bench included 'integrity, character, legal competence and ability, experience, and philosophy and judicial temperament.' On that test, Elena Kagan fails. "
John McCain
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Integrity
" Sen. Obama comes from the old Chicago machine politics and has never taken on the special interests in his party on a major issue ever. "
John McCain
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Never
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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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Corrupt
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" Giap was a master of logistics, but his reputation rests on more than that. His victories were achieved by a patient strategy that he and Ho Chi Minh were convinced would succeed - an unwavering resolve to suffer immense casualties and the near total destruction of their country to defeat any adversary, no matter how powerful. "
John McCain
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Reputation
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" I believe that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein. I believe it's clear that he had every intention to acquire and use weapons of mass destruction. I can only imagine what Saddam Hussein would be doing with the wealth he would acquire with oil at $110 and $120 a barrel. "
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" 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. "
John McCain
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American
Confidence
" You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare. "
John McCain
Tell
You
Leave
" Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again. "
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Today
" I have certainly seen my share of the world as it really is and not how I wish it would be. "
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" When you're not winning, you're losing. "
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" Every day, people serve their neighbors and our nation in many different ways, from helping a child learn and easing the loneliness of those without a family to defending our freedom overseas. It is in this spirit of dedication to others and to our country that I believe service should be broadly and deeply encouraged. "
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" I think it's important for Donald Trump to express his appreciation for veterans - not John McCain, but veterans who were incarcerated as prisoners of war. "
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" I tell the same stories all the time because I like them! "
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" For much of my life, the Navy was the only world I knew. It is still the world I know best and love most. "
John McCain
Best
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Life
" If you want to preserve - I'm very serious now - if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started. "
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Time
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Free
" As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I am confronted every day with the security concerns and threats to our own nation's safety, as well as threats to the rest of the world. "
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I Am
Day
" We all know spending levels for defense and other urgent priorities have been woefully inadequate for years. But we haven't found the will to work together to adjust them. "
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Know
Work
" 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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Think
United