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John McCain
Age: 81 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 29
Died: 2018
Died: August 25
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John Sidney McCain III
John S. McCain
III
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I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others.
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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 in return.
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There's a certain romanticism associated with exploration of space, which is one of the major factors why we'll continue.
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I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values.
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I have known Trent Lott for 20 years, ... I don't believe he's racist. But he must proactively send a message to his colleagues in the Senate and the American people that he is absolutely opposed to any segregation in any form and racism in any form and discrimination in any form.
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Do we really want another politician in the White House America can't trust?
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I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care.
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We need not risk our national honor to prevail in this or any war.
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I believe strongly that we should have nominees to the United States Supreme Court based on their qualifications rather than any litmus test.
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I am proud to be a conservative ... but I am also proud throughout my life to have attracted the support and the love and affection of people from all over America and all parts of it.
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I've already heard from some military commanders who feel they've been undercut by the vice president of the United States, and there's a lot of justification for their view.
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Our country doesn't depend on the heroism of every citizen. But all of us should be worthy of the sacrifices made on our behalf.
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...Sound foreign policy is more than arms control, foreign aid and paying (United Nations) dues.
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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?
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Unfortunately, Governor Bush is a Pat Robertson Republican who will lose to Al Gore.
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I am confident, with the leadership and the backing of the American people, President Obama will turn this country around.
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Men and women serving in the military deserve better than what they're giving - what we're giving them. They don't know what they're going to be doing tomorrow.
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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.
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Americans have got to understand that we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today. And that's a disgrace. It's an absolute disgrace and it's got to be fixed.
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They're all tied together: taxes, Medicare, Social Security, and the debt. We've got to have a setting of priorities, and looking at it - at each of them as disconnected, I think, doesn't properly address these major challenges.
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