Quotessence
Home / Authors / John McCain
John McCain

John McCain Quotes

United States Senator

Filter quotes by topic

AllPeopleThinkingPresidentStatesKnowsAmericaCountryIfsBelieveUnitedUnited StatesWantWarNeedsRepublicanIraqShouldWorldIssuesYears

Famous John McCain Quotes

“Many of the countries outpacing the United States in the deployment of high speed Internet services, including Canada, Japan and South Korea, have successfully combined municipal systems with privately deployed networks to wire their countries, .. As a country, we cannot afford to cut off any successful strategy if we want to remain internationally competitive.”

IfsWantCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulCuttingInternetStrategySouthIncludingSpeedCanadaJapanWireKoreaDeploymentHigh SpeedSouth Korea
Author:John McCain
Create image

“The president(Obama) comparing him to a kid in the back of a classroom, I think, is very indicative of the president's lack of appreciation of who Vladimir Putin is. He's an old KGB colonel that has no illusions about our relationship, does not care about a relationship with the United States, continues to oppress his people, continues to act in an autocratic fashion.”

PeopleThinkingDoeStatesCareKidsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesFashionIllusionAppreciationComparePresident ObamaClassroomOur RelationshipPutinColonelsKgb
Author:John McCain
Create image

“In the 2012 election, Obamacare, as it's called, and I'll be more polite - the ACA ...was a major issue in the campaign. I campaigned all over America for two months, everywhere I could. And in every single campaign rally I said, 'We have to repeal and replace Obamacare.' Well, the people spoke. They spoke, much to my dismay, but they spoke. And they reelected the President of the United States.”

PeopleWellsSaidTwoStatesRealityAmericaPoliticalPoliticsPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeUnitedPartyHistoryUnited StatesDemocracyIssuesHuman NaturePolicyHealthMonthsMajorsEthicsConstitutionElectionStrategyUnityCampaignsIdeologyVotingSpokesPolitePolitical PartiesCivilityObamacareTwo MonthsDismay2012 ElectionAca
Author:John McCain
Create image

“I believe we're all aware that there are people and organizations throughout the world who are bent on destroying America, everything we stand for and inflicting harm on American citizens. It is the obligation of the president of the United States to respond to those. I believe, I must add, that this adminstration for the last seven months has neglected compelling national security threats besides this ... I hope that the president will not confine his activities to just this.”

PeopleWorldBelieveStatesLastsAmericaI BelievePresidentUnitedUnited StatesSecurityMonthsCitizensActivityOrganizationAddThreatSevenHarmObligationDestroyingCompellingBentNational SecurityNeglectedAmerican CitizensSeven Months
Author:John McCain
Create image

“I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States? The vice president has two duties. One is to break a tie in case of a tie vote in the United States Senate... The other is to inquire daily as to the health of the president. Neither one of those are very challenging as compared to being able to live for a good part of the time in the state of Arizona.”

ThinkingWantYearsTwoStatesPresidentChallengesDarkUnitedBreakCasesUnited StatesDutyVotePrisonVicesTiesFedsCampsSenateScrapVice PresidentArizonaVietnamese
Author:John McCain
Create image

“To equate Vladimir Putin and the United States of America, as Donald Trump was asked, you know, I guess it was Bill O'Reilly who said, "But Putin is a killer." And he basically said, "So are we." That moral equivalency is a contradiction of everything the United States has ever stood for in the 20th and 21st century.”

KnowsSaidStatesAmericaUnitedMoralUnited StatesCenturyTrumpBillsContradictionKillersUnited States Of America21st CenturyPutinBill O Reilly
Author:John McCain
Create image

“Immigration and border security remain critical issues that I am committed to addressing this year. The good news is that illegal immigration is at an all-time low, making now the time to dedicate the needed technology and resources to finally secure the border for good. As border security improves, I look forward to working in a bipartisan manner to fix our broken immigration system and address the millions of people living in the United States outside of legal status.”

PeopleYearsLooksStatesUnitedMillionsTechnologyUnited StatesIssuesSecurityBrokenNeededNewsLowsResourcesCommittedCriticalImmigrationAll TimeSecureBordersAddressesIllegalGood NewsImmigration ReformBipartisanIllegal ImmigrationBorder SecurityAll Time Low
Author:John McCain
Create image

“We know that this nation entered into solemn treaties [with Indian tribes] which have been continuously violated for more than 250 years. It's a disgrace. It's an outrage. We must do everything in our power to keep those treaties. Otherwise, the word of the United States government is no good.”

KnowsYearsHas BeensStatesGovernmentNationsUnitedUnited StatesNotesIndianTribesDisgraceSolemnOutrageTreatiesState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentIndian Tribes
Author:John McCain
Create image

“I'm not surprised that Governor Dean would oppose [the $87 billion to fund Iraq reconstruction].... I've lost confidence that he has any understanding of the national security responsibilities of a President... [b]ecause I don't believe that he has any understanding of the international role that the United States has to play in the world. I think it's a kind of a pseudo-isolationism that appeals to the base of the caucus voters. I do not believe that particularly in the case of Iraq that Governor Dean has any fundamental understanding of what's at stake here.”

ThinkingWorldBelieveKindStatesPlayPoliticsLostUnderstandingPresidentUnitedResponsibilityRolesCasesUnited StatesSecurityFundamentalsDon't BelieveInternationalIraqBillionsAppealsFundVotersStakesGovernorsNational SecurityDeanReconstructionPseudoCaucusIsolationismLost Confidence
Author:John McCain
Create image