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" We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital. "
John McCain
Press
Free
Free Press
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" 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
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American
World
" I'm not against a border wall, OK, but go to China, and you'll see a border wall there. We need technology, we need drones, we need surveillance capabilities, and we need rapid-reaction capabilities. "
John McCain
Need
You
Technology
" 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. "
John McCain
Together
Know
Work
" I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours. "
John McCain
Sincerity
Doubt
Democratic
" 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
" China is the one, the only one, that can control Kim Jong Un, this crazy, fat kid that's running North Korea. "
John McCain
China
Kid
Running
" Americans want jobs. They want affordable health insurance. They want an education. "
John McCain
Health
Education
Want
" I think that Fox News is a bit schizophrenic. "
John McCain
I Think
News
Fox
" I have watched men suffer the anguish of imprisonment, defy appalling human cruelty... break for a moment, then recover inhuman strength to defy their enemies once more. "
John McCain
Men
Cruelty
Moment
" 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
" 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
" 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.' "
John McCain
Want
You
Done
" The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America. "
John McCain
Going
Famous
Desk
" Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice. "
John McCain
Fight
Value
Two
" 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've always given presidents the benefit of the doubt on their nominees. "
John McCain
Always
Given
Doubt
" I believe we should always put our country first. "
John McCain
Believe
Always
Our
" 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. "
John McCain
Great
Respect
Say
" Government should take care of those in America who can't care for themselves. That's a role of government. "
John McCain
Take Care
America
Care
" We cannot have a separate group of people that are military and a separate civilian society. Otherwise, it's dangerous to democracy. "
John McCain
Society
Democracy
Group
" 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
" Depriving the oppressed of a beacon of hope could lose us the world we have built and thrived in. It could cost our reputation in history as the nation distinct from all others in our achievements, our identity, and our enduring influence on mankind. Our values are central to all three. "
John McCain
Hope
Values
Identity
" On Putin's order, corrupt apparatchiks and crony oligarchs rob Russians of their nation's wealth and resources. "
John McCain
Resources
Corrupt
Nation
" I consider myself a realist. "
John McCain
Consider
Myself
Realist
" 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
Time
Character
Integrity
" 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. "
John McCain
Dare
Free
Political
" Sometimes it's important to watch what the president does rather than what he says. "
John McCain
Watch
President
Important
" Frankly, I would never accept an award from Vladimir Putin because then you kind of give some credence and credibility to this butcher, this KGB agent, which is what he is. "
John McCain
Kind
Award
Accept
" I'm sick and tired of only being asked about everything that Donald Trump says or does. "
John McCain
Sick
Donald Trump
Everything
" I know in war good people can feel obliged for good reasons to do things they would normally object to and recoil from. "
John McCain
War
Good
People