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" Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her. "

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" 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. "

John McCain

Time

I Am

Free

" The United States must look beyond Mr. Putin. His regime may appear imposing, but it is rotting inside. His Russia is not a great power on par with America. It is a gas station run by a corrupt, autocratic regime. "

" I thought I'd be president of the United States. "

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

" I've tried to say that I admire and respect Sen. Obama. He has accomplished great things, and he has motivated people, and so - and he loves his country, just as I do. "

" For Mr. Putin, vacillation invites aggression. His world is a brutish, cynical place, where power is worshiped, weakness is despised, and all rivalries are zero-sum. "

" Our great power does not mean we can do whatever we want whenever we want, nor should we assume we have all the wisdom and knowledge necessary to succeed. "

" 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. "

" Russia's leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power. "

" I guess my view is I believe less governance is best governance and that government should not do what the free enterprise and private enterprise and indidividual entrepreneurship and the states can do. "

" A strong E.U., a strong NATO, and a true strategic partnership between them is profoundly in our interest. "

" 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

Decency

Rest

" We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital. "

" 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. "

" On the issue of the gay marriage, I believe if people want to have private ceremonies, that's fine. I do not believe that gay marriages should be legal. "

" 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

Capture

Hell

" We are a country with a conscience. "

John McCain

Conscience

Country

" Americans and Europeans share a common goal - to build an enduring peace based on freedom. "

" I know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good intelligence. "

" What is most troubling about Mr. Putin's aggression in Crimea is that it reflects a growing disregard for America's credibility in the world. That has emboldened other aggressive actors - from Chinese nationalists to Al Qaeda terrorists and Iranian theocrats. "

" 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. "

" I get along with the Democrats, but please - I'm not their hero. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We need to listen to the views and respect the collective will of our democratic allies. When we believe that international action is necessary, whether military, economic, or diplomatic, we will try to persuade our friends that we are right. But we, in return, must also be willing to be persuaded by them. "

" 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. "

John McCain

Father

Think

" 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. "

" I understand the sensitivity of issues regarding women in the military. "

" Personally, I liked Admiral Kelso very much. I believe that he served his country with distinction. "

John McCain

Country

Believe

" I know in war good people can feel obliged for good reasons to do things they would normally object to and recoil from. "