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John Sidney McCain III (29 August 1936 - 25 August 2018) was an American politician, statesman, and United States Navy officer who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for president of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama.
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By 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.
I love him dearly. On issues of economics and … family values, there's nobody that I know that's stronger.
The U.S. does not involve itself in what is happening in the world's largest democracy, nor does it intend to do so.
How many fucking times do I have to go to fucking New York this week? How many fucking times can you fucking graduate from fucking Columbia?
To be connected to America’s causes — liberty, equal justice, respect for the dignity of all people — brings happiness more sublime than life’s fleeting pleasures.
Farewell statement (2018)
Vladimir Putin wants to restore the old Russian empire. He cannot stand a free, democratic, prosperous Ukraine, because sooner or later the people of Russia would want to have that kind of lifestyle as well.
Obama's supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about western Pennsylvania lately. I couldn't agree with them more.
I've fought for the right strategy and more troops in Iraq when it wasn't the popular thing to do.
There is some indication, and I don’t have the conclusions, but some of this anthrax may — and I emphasize may — have come from Iraq.
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.
There is no greater vocation than to serve. But there is no greater purpose than to love. Live a life that does both, and you’ll be truly happy.
Late evening with Col. Qadhafi at his "ranch" in Libya - interesting meeting with an interesting man.
I think — I’ll have my staff get to you. It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.
I would like to see us recover our sense that we are more alike than different.
The Restless Wave (2018)
When you’re in the midst, it feels like it will never end. But you keep going and moving forward—and suddenly you’re looking back on the pain rather than living it.
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.
I've got to give you some straight talk: Some of the jobs that have left the state of Michigan are not coming back. They are not. And I am sorry to tell you that.
Our country will be the better, and you will be the happier, because nothing brings greater happiness in life than to serve a cause greater than yourself.
We did not learn Abu Ahmed’s real name or alias as a result of waterboarding or any "enhanced interrogation technique" used on a detainee in U.S. custody.
The first telephones cost a thousand dollars and they were about that big! We all remember that!
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