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" During one period while I was in solitary, I memorized the names of all 335 of the men who were then prisoners of war in North Vietnam. I can still remember them. "

John McCain

I Can

War

Still

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" I consider myself a Christian. I attend church. My faith has sustained me in very difficult times. "

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" The way you have bipartisan negotiations, you sit down across the table, as we did with Ted Kennedy, as I've done with many other members, and you say, 'OK, here's what I want, here's what you want. We'll adhere to your principles, but we'll make concessions.' "

" 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. "

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

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

" I am frustrated and outraged by the slow nature of change at the VA. "

" To argue against the global economy is like stating opposition to the weather - it continues whether you like it or not. "

" 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. "

" 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 think ISIS can do terrible things. "

" Putin wants to restore the Russian empire. That's his ambition; he's stated it many times. "

John McCain

Ambition

His

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

" Americans want jobs. They want affordable health insurance. They want an education. "

" Some men are much more self-sufficient than others. "

" My record shows that I have put my country first, and I follow the philosophy and traditions of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. "

John McCain

Country

Traditions

" I think that it's important that we understand the importance of the Hispanic vote in America. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" For much of my life, the Navy was the only world I knew. It is still the world I know best and love most. "

" The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government. "

" Saddam Hussein is a risk-taking aggressor who has attacked four countries, used chemical weapons against his own people, professed a desire to harm the United States and its allies, and, even faced with the prospect of his regime's imminent destruction, has still refused to abide by Security Council demands that he disarm. "

" For America, our interests are our values, and our values are our interests. "

" We are a country with a conscience. "

John McCain

Conscience

Country

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