Quotes from John McCain

People want the truth, even if they disagree.

Some men are much more self-sufficient than others.

Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice.

For Mr. Putin, vacillation invites aggression. His world is a brutish, cynical place, where power is worshiped, weakness is despised, and all rivalries are zero-sum.

I'm not sure, if I were President Clinton, I wouldn't want to be pardoned for something that I believed that I didn't do.

The question is not whether you would like to be president or not. The question is: Do you think you can win and do you want to run? And none of those are clear to me.

The last thing members of the committee want to do is pass legislation.

Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.

We need not risk our national honor to prevail in this or any war.

There's going to be other wars. I'm sorry to tell you, there's going to be other wars. We will never surrender, but there will be other wars.

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.

I would never want to see myself viewed as beating the drums of war, ... but I would rather live with that image than look into the mirror and see a member of Congress who failed to do his duty.

But we have a war of ideals and ideas, and that is to sell democracy.

I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others.

Reducing military presence has never in history won a war.

As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win.

Iraq is now the central front in the war against al-Qaeda.

I know what war's like. I know what scene's like.

I guarantee you, as president of the United States, I know how to heal the wounds of war, I know how to deal with our adversaries, and I know how to deal with our friends.

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.

No one can plausibly argue that ridding the world of Saddam Hussein will not significantly improve the stability of the region and the security of American interests and values.

For much of my life, the Navy was the only world I knew. It is still the world I know best and love most.

Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.

The United States must look beyond Mr. Putin. His regime may appear imposing, but it is rotting inside. His Russia is not a great power on par with America. It is a gas station run by a corrupt, autocratic regime.