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We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital. If you want to preserve [...] democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, [...] we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time.

— John McCain

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

We're no longer staring into the abyss of defeat and we can now look ahead to the genuine prospect of success.

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

I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.

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

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