John McCain quotes

John McCain was a prominent American politician known for his admirable military service and impactful political career. Born in 1936, McCain served in the United States Navy, displaying immense bravery during the Vietnam War. He later transitioned into politics, becoming a senator from Arizona and running for president twice, in 2000 and 2008. McCain was highly regarded for his independent and bipartisan approach to governance. His efforts in campaign finance reforms, immigration, and healthcare left a lasting impact on American politics. Unfortunately, John McCain passed away in 2018, leaving a heartfelt legacy as a patriotic leader and dedicated public servant.

As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.

- John McCain

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

But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned to love very dearly the right of free expression when I lived without that freedom for a while a long time ago.

- John McCain

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.

- John McCain

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

Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black.'.

- John McCain

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

We know that Medicare's going broke in seven years, but we need to start over.That's what the American people want us to do.

- John McCain

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

- John McCain

And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat?

- John McCain

The tea partiers are a great addition. The tea partiers have invigorated a base that has been dormant for a long period of time. We're going to have a broad array of different views in our Republican conference, and I think it might be more interesting than any I've been in in a long time.

- John McCain

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.

- John McCain

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

- John McCain

We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.

- John McCain

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

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

- John McCain

I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.

- John McCain

The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let's extend the tax - the existing tax cuts. And then let's give some more tax breaks to small businesses and large. And then maybe the American people will have some confidence.

- John McCain

Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her.

- John McCain

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

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.

- John McCain

I am a Republican. I'm loyal to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. And I believe that my party, in some ways, has strayed from those principles, particularly on the issue of fiscal discipline.

- John McCain

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

Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.

- John McCain

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

- John McCain

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

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

- John McCain