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Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.
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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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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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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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I voted for Justice Breyer and Justice Ginsburg. Not because I agreed with their ideology, but because I thought they were qualified and that elections have consequences when presidents are nominated.
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We are an unfinished nation.
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While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans' respect and gratitude for his many years of public service.
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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 know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people that you are facing.
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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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We know for a fact the Russians tried to change the outcome of our election, attacking the very fundamental of democracy. We know they did that. We need to know how, we need to know why, and most of all we need to know what to do to prevent this kind of activity, which they continue to carry on in free nations around the world.
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Hillary [Clinton] saying we're never going to put boots on the ground in Iraq, we never going to put boots on the ground in Syria petrified me, simply because, why - what if this continues despite out of control.
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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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Instead of giving the effort the level of attention needed, the Air Force has wasted a year doing very little to end our reliance on Russian rocket engines, if the Air Force is unwilling to do what is necessary to meet the 2019 deadline, they are going to have to figure out how to meet our space launch needs without the RD-180 (Russian engine).
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But we have a war of ideals and ideas, and that is to sell democracy.
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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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Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming.
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What is good for my country is good for my party, Should my party abandon this principle, the American people will abandon us.
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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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We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
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Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times.
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