John McCain Quotes

I spent several years in a north Vietnamese prison camp in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States?

How much damage will have been done before we act?

What I don't know is what the unexpected might be.

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.

The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book.

Today more people lose their seats in the Politburo in Havana than in the Congress of America, ... We need to have competitive races for the Legislature. ... We have to have a clash of ideas.

Even in this room full of proud Manhattan Democrats. I can't shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me ... I'm delighted to see you here tonight, Hillary.

Why the hell do I have to keep updating my apps on my iPhone all the time and why you don't fix that?

The problem is that most members of Congress don’t pay attention to what’s going on.

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.

I am confident, with the leadership and the backing of the American people, President Obama will turn this country around.

I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia.

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

We need not risk our national honor to prevail in this or any war.

We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves.

I am very much in favor of tax cuts.

We make the future better than the past. We don't hide from history. We make history.

Gary Bauer has done great things, ... I want to promise you again, you may agree with me, you may disagree with me, but I will do great things.

Every time there's been an out-of-bounds remark made by a Republican, no matter where they are, I have repudiated them.

Our country doesn't depend on the heroism of every citizen. But all of us should be worthy of the sacrifices made on our behalf.

I have campaigned for reform efforts all over the country, ... What happens in California has significant effect in states like mine that are nearby. It's just a reality.

I am the son and grandson of Navy admirals, and I was born into America's service. It wasn't until I was deprived of her company that I fell in love with America.

There's a certain romanticism associated with exploration of space, which is one of the major factors why we'll continue.

Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar, and for our Qatari friends.

The role of the vice president is to break ties in the Senate and inquire daily into the health of the president.

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

People want the truth, even if they disagree.

Tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a mature party, and it is well past time for the Republican Party to grow up.

On my honor, I swear to you, that from my first day in office to the last breath I draw, I will do everything in my power to make you proud of your government.

I say to our enemies: We are coming. God may have mercy on you, but we won't

Our economy, I think, is still -- the fundamentals of our economy are strong.

There is no confidence in the Arab world today in the United States of America.

Being chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is like being a mosquito in a nudist colony.

I was an addict. That's why, ... I tell you, addiction is a very cunning enemy.

I will veto every single beer, um, bill with earmarks.

Anybody who believes the surge has not succeeded, militarily, politically and in most other ways, frankly, does not know the facts on the ground.

I just think that we ought to protect the Social Security fund.

As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it - along the lines that President Bush proposed.

As you know, there are al Qaeda operatives that are taken back into Iran, given training as leaders, and they’re moving back into Iraq.

You may have noticed that Senator Obama’s supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about Western Pennsylvania lately. And you know, I couldn’t agree with them more.

The US does not involve itself in what is happening in the world's largest democracy, nor does it intend to do so.

I can only express satisfaction that the Dear Leader is joining the likes of Gaddafi, Bin Laden, Hitler, and Stalin in a warm corner of hell.

Everybody says that they're against the special interests. I'm the only one the special interests don't give any money to.

Do you know why Chelsea Clinton is so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father.

My preference would be to remain in the Senate, ... But you can't say I would refuse to serve in one of those (Cabinet) capacities. It's not the same as vice president.

I strongly support the Second Amendment and I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control.

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.

God may have mercy, but we won't.

I will not agree to have this bill [to repeal DADT ] go forward, because our economy is in the tank.

It is because I owe America more than she has ever owed me that I am a candidate for president to the United States.