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" I'm sick and tired - and the American people are sick and tired - of the pork barrel spending. "
John McCain
Sick
Tired
People
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" 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. "
John McCain
Believe
People
Marriage
" No one can plausibly argue that ridding the world of Saddam Hussein will not significantly improve the stability of the region and the security of American interests and values. "
John McCain
Security
American
World
" 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
Follow
" War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality. "
John McCain
War
Fraud
Beyond
" The truth is sometimes a hard pill to swallow. It sometimes causes us difficulties at home and abroad. It is sometimes used by our enemies in attempts to hurt us. But the American people are entitled to it, nonetheless. "
John McCain
Truth Is
People
Home
" You raise taxes during an economic crisis time, as we did in - back in the time of Herbert Hoover, you send the country into a depression. "
John McCain
Country
You
Back
" I thought I'd be president of the United States. "
John McCain
United States
President
Thought
" 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. "
John McCain
World
Wealth
Doing
" Russia's leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power. "
John McCain
Power
Corrupt
Oil
" I am frustrated and outraged by the slow nature of change at the VA. "
John McCain
I Am
Nature
Change
" As he assumes the awesome responsibilities of the presidency, Donald Trump has inherited a world on fire and a U.S. military weakened by years of senseless budget cuts. I am encouraged that he recognizes these problems and has pledged to rebuild the military. "
John McCain
Problems
World
Budget
" You have to listen to people that have chosen the nominee of our Republican Party. I think it would be foolish to ignore them. "
John McCain
You
People
Think
" I've always given presidents the benefit of the doubt on their nominees. "
John McCain
Always
Given
Doubt
" 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. "
John McCain
Who
Think
War
" But we should be mindful as we argue about our differences that so much more unites than divides us. We should also note that our differences, when compared with those in many, if not most, other countries, are smaller than we sometimes imagine them to be. "
John McCain
Sometimes
More
Imagine
" The president has promised greater border security. We can agree to that. A literal wall might not be the most effective means to that end, but we can provide the resources necessary to secure the border with smart and affordable measures. "
John McCain
Resources
Security
End
" Some men are much more self-sufficient than others. "
John McCain
Than
Some
Others
" I used to write books and plays in my mind, but I doubt that any of them would have been above the level of the cheapest dime novel. "
John McCain
Used
Mind
Books
" As far as this business of solitary confinement goes, the most important thing for survival is communication with someone, even if it's only a wave or a wink, a tap on the wall, or to have a guy put his thumb up. It makes all the difference. "
John McCain
Business
Communication
Survival
" Countries, not just their armies, win wars. "
John McCain
Win
Countries
Armies
" To argue against the global economy is like stating opposition to the weather - it continues whether you like it or not. "
John McCain
You
Against
Economy
" On Putin's order, corrupt apparatchiks and crony oligarchs rob Russians of their nation's wealth and resources. "
John McCain
Resources
Corrupt
Nation
" I think it's important for the president of the United States to be aware of the intelligence information that we have. "
John McCain
Intelligence
Think
United
" It is foolish to view realism and idealism as incompatible or to consider our power and wealth as encumbered by the demands of justice, morality, and conscience. "
John McCain
Wealth
Justice
Morality
" I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training. "
John McCain
Need
Am
I Am
" Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining. "
John McCain
Asian
China
Influence
" 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. "
John McCain
Trying
Done
Battle
" 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
Strategy
Reputation
Succeed
" 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. "
John McCain
Believe
Free
Best
" On Putin's order, Russia intervenes in Syria not to fight terrorists but to abet the war crimes of the Assad regime. Russian bombers deliberately target aid workers and hospitals. They threaten Syrian freedom fighters trained by the U.S. They are allied with our enemies in the Middle East and trying to weaken our friendships there. "
John McCain
War
Freedom
Trying