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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.

I'm a proud Reagan conservative.

The last thing members of the committee want to do is pass legislation.

I will follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell.

I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.

In 2003, I warned of a 'creeping coup' in Russia against the forces of democracy and market capitalism in Russia.

I think the American people should know there's already strong influences toward another deployment of American troops in an open-ended commitment.

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

You know that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran? Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.

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

Why am I running for president? Well, my wife, Cindy, says it is because I sustainedseveral severe blows to the head in prison camp.

It's always the wacko birds on right and left that get the media megaphone.

I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values.

America has much to gain in terms of jobs and trade by meeting the growing world demand for advanced, environmentally sound technologies.

We ought to pay down the national debt, ... The American people are tired of people who make promises about cutting taxes that they cannot keep.

I have no rancor. I look forward, not backwards.

In the 21st century nations don't invade other nations.

How much damage will have been done before we act?

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.

We can't disrupt polling places anymore, ... It doesn't serve any purpose. It just makes people mad.

We have to love our freedom, not just for the private opportunities it provides, but for the goodness it makes possible.

All this money washing around Washington and all of these contributions taint all of us.

Sound foreign policy is more than arms control, foreign aid and paying (United Nations) dues.

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

Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times.

Now that we have the line-item veto there is no excuse for Congress to put pork in and no reason for the president not to line-item veto it out.

I'm not President Bush

The facts are facts and records are records.

The Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation.

I believe strongly that we should have nominees to the United States Supreme Court based on their qualifications rather than any litmus test.

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

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

We are an unfinished nation.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

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

All interested parties must be willing to make significant sacrifices.

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

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

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

Reducing military presence has never in history won a war.

Teachers don't need as much as $140,000 a year, ... But, perhaps some senators don't need $140,000 a year either.

Keep moving if you love life, and keep your troubles well behind you.

I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith.

It seems to me that President Carter has earned his place as if not the worst president in history, the worst president of the 20th Century.

Sen. Obama is a decent person and a person you don't have to be scared of as president of the United States.

I don't know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people you are facing.

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

I have said from the beginning that Pat Buchanan left the Republican Party the day he questioned America's involvement in defeating Nazi Germany.

I have said many times in the past I don't choose to be vice president, either Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or vegetarian.

America is the greatest force for good in the history of the world.

Arizona may be the only state in America where mothers don't tell their children that someday they can grow up and be president.

We can't cut and run.

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

In the view of everyone, I am a viable candidate and I should be on the ballot.

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

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

Efforts to bring about democracy have hit a wall and are going backwards.

What is good for my country is good for my party, Should my party abandon this principle, the American people will abandon us.

I am very much in favor of tax cuts.

I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care.

But we have a war of ideals and ideas, and that is to sell democracy ...

I'm very optimistic about my home state of Arizona.

I am proud to do so for I know that by supporting George W. Bush, I serve my country well.

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

We are united in a wait-and-see approach.

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

There's going to be other wars. I'm sorry to tell you, there's going to be other wars. We will never surrender, but there will be other wars.

Americans Never Quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We Make History.
-John McCain

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

Some of us are more favorably disposed than others.

Round up and deport two million aliens who committed crimes.

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.

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

Presidential ambition is a disease that can only be cured by embalming fluid .

I think I am becoming incapable of being too surprised. But it just makes me sad and sick.

We have a lot of work to do. It's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border.

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.

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.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise - not our political opponents, and certainly not a disingenuous filmmaker, who would have us believe.

Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.

I will not leave the Republican Party, ... The Republican Party is my home.

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

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

In California, it's hard to buy all the media, no matter how much money you raise or spend, because it's such a huge state.

There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods today.

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

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

I spent most of my time wrestling looking up at the lights.

(Obama) really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time.

We should exhibit no self doubt to our friends, ... Credibility is a strategic asset.

We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.

We need more competitive races, ... We need the voice of moderation.

I said, 'The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.'

Stocks have tanked. Shouldn't you have asked for that money back?

I want to tell the vice president and everybody else that when I'm president there will be a controlling legal authority.

The smartest person in the United States Senate, and he knows it, is John Sununu. Thank God he had his mother's temperament.

I'm just trying to keep things normal around the house, because there's no reason why things shouldn't be normal.

Free trade with Colombia is something that's a no-brainer.

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.

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.