John McCain

Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black.'. ↗

— John McCain

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As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate. ↗

— John McCain

#could #days #decency #dream #emulate

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them. ↗

— John McCain

#collective consciousness #consciousness #core #dare #deeply

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. ↗

— John McCain

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

— John McCain

#congress #going #members #most #pay

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

— John McCain

#could #cruel #description #fool #fraud

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

— John McCain

#cannot #forever #hide #ourselves #truth

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. ↗

— John McCain

#american people #broke #going #know #medicare

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

— John McCain

#follow #genocide #home #iraq #must

You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare. ↗

— John McCain

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