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John McCain Quotes

«[McCain was asked if Gore was tied to the controversies of the Clinton administration, particularly the Monica Lewinsky scandal.] Governor Bush and I both found out in this campaign that Americans don't want to talk about that, ... What they're going to cast their votes on the basis of, in my view, is who has the vision, who has the ideas, who can they trust to lead this nation in this new century?»
«Why do you think we should? This keeps us from getting information that may save American lives. This is a restraint by humanitarian do-gooders. Why don't we just throw them in the trash can and do what is necessary? We have developed sophisticated techniques that we could just go after these people and get what we need and save American lives, General?»
«We have $10 million for the Bering Sea crab disasters, $10 million for a Northeast fishery, seven for a Hawaii fishery and five for an Alaska sea life center, ... We've covered a good part of those senior members of the Appropriations Committee that have a coastline.»
«Yesterday, NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) updated the number of deaths to more than 100 that may be associated with Firestone tires and the Ford Explorer,»
«This kind of horror has become all too familiar to us. As parents, Cindy and I offer our prayers to the memory of the slain children and ask that God ease the pain of Littleton's suffering families, ... The students of Columbine High School and children everywhere have a basic right to learn in an environment free of fear and violence. We must redouble our efforts to see that this is a reality.»
«Our relationship with Vietnam has continued to grow over the past decades through the expansion of trade relations and the full restoration and normalization of diplomacy,»
«The purpose of this legislation is to ensure that we look to solving the technology glitch known as Y2K rather than clog our courts with years of costly litigation, ... We are almost a year away from this potential problem, and a number of lawsuits are already being contemplated. This is an unfortunate reflection on our overly litigious society.»
«I am heartbroken today by the news of Pat Tillman's death, ... The tragic loss of this extraordinary young man will seem a heavy blow to our nation's morale, as it is surely a grievous injury to his loved ones.»
«Subjecting prisoners to abuse leads to bad intelligence because under torture a detainee will tell his interrogator anything to make the pain stop, ... Second, mistreatment of our prisoners endangers U.S. troops who might be captured by the enemy. ... And third, prisoner abuses exact on us a terrible toll in the war of ideas because inevitably these abuses become public.»
«If we are viewed as a country that engages in torture ... any possible information we might be able to gain is far counterbalanced by (the negative) effect of public opinion, ... Face the Nation.»