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" 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
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" I'm sick and tired of only being asked about everything that Donald Trump says or does. "
John McCain
Sick
Donald Trump
Everything
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
Follow
" 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
" I think that it's important that we understand the importance of the Hispanic vote in America. "
John McCain
America
Think
I Think
" I don't think anybody is - no one could compare to Ronald Reagan, because he was the right man at the right time. "
John McCain
Right
Right Time
Man
" Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up. "
John McCain
God
Thank God
Our
" The U.S. never lost a battle against North Vietnam, but it lost the war. "
John McCain
Never
War
Vietnam
" 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. "
John McCain
Action
Respect
Need
" When a president makes life and death decisions, he should draw strength and wisdom from broad and deep experience with the reasons for and the risks of committing our children to our defense. For no matter how many others are involved in the decision, the president is a lonely man in a dark room when the casualty reports come in. "
John McCain
Children
Man
Strength
" 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
" 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
" We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves. "
John McCain
Cannot
Truth
Ourselves
" 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 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
" 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
" We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home. "
John McCain
Follow
Chaos
Home
" 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
Choose
People
Human Rights
" I know that victims of torture will offer intentionally misleading information if they think their captors will believe it. "
John McCain
Know
Believe
Think
" 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.' "
John McCain
People
Environment
Live
" For America, our interests are our values, and our values are our interests. "
John McCain
Our
Values
America
" Public life has many more privileges than hardships. "
John McCain
Hardships
More
Than
" 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
" Sometimes it's important to watch what the president does rather than what he says. "
John McCain
Watch
President
Important
" 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
Know
Life
" We are an important check on the powers of the executive. Our consent is necessary for the president to appoint jurists and powerful government officials and, in many respects, to conduct foreign policy. Whether we are of the same party, we are not the president's subordinates. We are his equal! "
John McCain
Party
Government
Important
" Countries, not just their armies, win wars. "
John McCain
Win
Countries
Armies
" I have certainly seen my share of the world as it really is and not how I wish it would be. "
John McCain
World
How
I Wish