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We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves.

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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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I have said from the beginning that Pat Buchanan left the Republican Party the day he questioned America's involvement in defeating Nazi Germany.
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Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows.
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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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The majority of [the troops in Iraq] is that feel they're doing the right thing and their parents who have also made sacrifices, generally speaking, and their proud of the services of their sons and daughters.
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We are Americans first, Americans last, and Americans always.
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Just stop at one of these construction sites and look and see who those workers are. They're all Hispanic ... And I bet you they're illegal.
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A man I admire and respect - Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with the worst chapter in American history, segregation, deaths of children in church bombings, George Wallace. That, to me, was so hurtful.
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I think that Joe Biden is qualified in many respects. But I do point out that he's been wrong on many foreign policy and national security issues, which is supposed to be his strength.
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And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are signs that the government put up that say, Warning. You are in a drug smuggling area and a human smuggling area.
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I put the Vietnam War behind me a long time ago, and what I wanted to (do) among other things was help veterans also be able to come all the way home as some of our veterans have not been able to do. But I harbor no anger nor rancor. I'm a better man for my experience, and I'm grateful for having the opportunity of serving.
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If we do nothing, we are handing our children a ticking time bomb that will require they pay ever greater payroll taxes just as they are beginning their careers, starting their own families and staking their claim to the American Dream.
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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.
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The problem is that most members of Congress don’t pay attention to what’s going on.
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I 'Don't See How It Matters' That I Don't Know The Price Of Gas.
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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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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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Both candidates in this election [2004] pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference - the great difference is that I intend to win it first.
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My patriotism and my conscience required me to support it and to engage in the debate over whether and how to fight it.
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We can't cut and run.
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