John McCain Quotes

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John McCain

Profession : Politician

Birth : August 29, 1936

Americans and Europeans share a common goal - to build an enduring peace based on freedom.

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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.

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A strong E.U., a strong NATO, and a true strategic partnership between them is profoundly in our interest.

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Civic participation over a lifetime, working in neighborhoods and communities and service of all kinds - military and civilian, full-time and part-time, national and international - will strengthen America's civic purpose.

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Whenever America sends its citizens into harm's way, it must do so with eyes wide open.

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To argue against the global economy is like stating opposition to the weather - it continues whether you like it or not.

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Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining.

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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!

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Our national political campaigns never stop. We seem convinced that majorities exist to impose their will with few concessions and that minorities exist to prevent the party in power from doing anything important. That's not how we were meant to govern.

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We all know spending levels for defense and other urgent priorities have been woefully inadequate for years. But we haven't found the will to work together to adjust them.

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