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

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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
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We conservatives can win the ideological battles on a level playing field. Our ideas are better. Given fair elections based on contributions from regular voters, instead of $100,000 checks from business-as-usual special interests, we will prevail.
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Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.
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As part of my misspent youth, I spent too much time in the sun, and every few months, I have to go and have some basal cell removed from my old craggy features.
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Improve human intelligence to get Osama bin Laden.
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I cannot in good conscience vote in favor of tax cuts, irrespective of their size, or to which segment of the population they are targeted. Nor can I support any spending increases that are not related to improving our nation's defense from the obvious and serious threats facing us today.
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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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Gary Bauer has done great things, ... I want to promise you again, you may agree with me, you may disagree with me, but I will do great things.
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On my honor, I swear to you, that from my first day in office to the last breath I draw, I will do everything in my power to make you proud of your government.
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We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos, there will be genocide, and they will follow us home.
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I have campaigned for reform efforts all over the country, ... What happens in California has significant effect in states like mine that are nearby. It's just a reality.
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Even in this room full of proud Manhattan Democrats. I can't shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me ... I'm delighted to see you here tonight, Hillary.
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I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.
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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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We send cruise missiles and then we think everything's all right or we try to bring them to trial. My friends, this time they've gone too far. This time we're serious. This time we won't quit until they are gone, completely gone from the face of the earth
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The smartest person in the United States Senate, and he knows it, is John Sununu. Thank God he had his mother's temperament.
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Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives.
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What evidence do we have that states are incapable of further exercising an authority they have exercised successfully for over 200 years?
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