John McCain Quotes - Page 13

I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others.

I would like to mention that a couple days ago Senator Obama was out in Ohio and he had an encounter with a guy who's a plumber, his name is Joe Wurzelbacher.

I am not President Bush.

Instead of giving the effort the level of attention needed, the Air Force has wasted a year doing very little to end our reliance on Russian rocket engines, if the Air Force is unwilling to do what is necessary to meet the 2019 deadline, they are going to have to figure out how to meet our space launch needs without the RD-180 (Russian engine).

We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos, there will be genocide, and they will follow us home.

I think [social media] is fundamentally restructuring the whole nature of information and how it's expressed in America.

In the 2012 election, Obamacare, as it's called, and I'll be more polite - the ACA ...was a major issue in the campaign. I campaigned all over America for two months, everywhere I could. And in every single campaign rally I said, 'We have to repeal and replace Obamacare.' Well, the people spoke. They spoke, much to my dismay, but they spoke. And they reelected the President of the United States.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. It's kleptocracy, it's corruption, it's a nation that's really only dependent upon oil and gas for their economy.

Iran launches monkey into space

Certify border is secure; only then allow guest workers.

3 "amnesty" didn't mean rewarding illegal behavior.

Round up and deport two million aliens who committed crimes.

I believe we're all aware that there are people and organizations throughout the world who are bent on destroying America, everything we stand for and inflicting harm on American citizens. It is the obligation of the president of the United States to respond to those. I believe, I must add, that this adminstration for the last seven months has neglected compelling national security threats besides this ... I hope that the president will not confine his activities to just this.

In our blessed and mostly peaceful society we're not as familiar with courage as we once were. We ascribe the virtue to all manner of endeavors that only really require skill, fortitude and a little daring, the qualities Pat Tillman showed on the football field. Pat's best service to his country was to remind us all what courage really looks like, and that the purpose of all good courage is love.

Unfortunately, Governor Bush is a Pat Robertson Republican who will lose to Al Gore.

While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans' respect and gratitude for his many years of public service.

So Ahmadinejad wants to be the first Iranian in space - wasn't he there just last week? 'Iran launches monkey into space.'

I take a backseat to no one in my affection, respect and devotion to veterans. And I will not accept from Senator Obama, who did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country in uniform, any lectures on my regard for those who did.

...(W)e lose when by official policy or by official negligence we allow, confuse or encourage our soldiers to forget . . . that which is our greatest strength: that we are different and better than our enemies.

Excessive administration secrecy... feeds conspiracy theories and reduces the public's confidence in government.

I have said for a long time that I thought the president would be best served if the attorney general resigned so I think it's the right thing to do.

Reducing military presence has never in history won a war.

Democrats proposing failure in Iraq by withdrawing.

Americans want to win; bin Laden thinks he's winning now.

Iraq is now the central front in the war against al-Qaeda.