quotes by John McCain
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"In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. It wasn't until I had lost America for a time that I realized how much I loved her. "
— John McCain (Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir)
— John McCain (Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir)
""Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone.""
— John McCain (Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir)
— John McCain (Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir)
"I guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough, it will be believed.
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— John McCain
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— John McCain
"Americans Never Quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We Make History.
-John McCain"
— John McCain
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— John McCain
""Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you"
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— John McCain
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— John McCain
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"Ironically for someone who had so long asserted his own individuality as his first and best defense against insults of any kind, I discovered that faith in myself proved to be the least formidable strength I possessed when confronting alone organized inhumanity on a greater scale than I had conceived possible. Faith in myself was important, and remains important to my self esteem. But I discovered in prison that faith in myself alone, sep0arate from other, more important allegiances , was ultimately no match for the cruelty that human beings could devise when they were entirely unencumbered by respect for the God given dignity of man. This is the lesson I learned in prison. It is, perhaps, the most important lesson I have ever learned. ""
— John McCain (Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir)
"Ironically for someone who had so long asserted his own individuality as his first and best defense against insults of any kind, I discovered that faith in myself proved to be the least formidable strength I possessed when confronting alone organized inhumanity on a greater scale than I had conceived possible. Faith in myself was important, and remains important to my self esteem. But I discovered in prison that faith in myself alone, sep0arate from other, more important allegiances , was ultimately no match for the cruelty that human beings could devise when they were entirely unencumbered by respect for the God given dignity of man. This is the lesson I learned in prison. It is, perhaps, the most important lesson I have ever learned. ""
— John McCain (Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir)
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""In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and too for granted. It was until I had lost America for a time that I realized how much I loved her.:"
— John McCain
— John McCain
"[One of the biggest differences between him and his rivals for the Republican nomination was] "every one of them wants to torture people. It's amazing.""
— John McCain
— John McCain
