John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain IIIis the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 August 1936
CountryUnited States of America
needs world unions
This is the free enterprise system. The only place in the world that I can recall where companies never failed was the old Soviet Union. This is what investors do in the free enterprise and capitalism system. And, yes, the free enterprise system can be cruel. But the problem with this administration is that small businesses have been the ones that have suffered the most, the kind that need investors, the kind that don't need the hundreds of pages, the thousands of pages of regulations that continue to plague them and have them continue to hold back on hiring and investment.
war winning enemy
As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win.
senior choices challenges
[Several candidates talked of problems with the federal Medicare system, particularly concerns about whether it would cover prescription drug costs in the future.] We're asking senior citizens to make a choice between their health and their income, ... Medicare is probably the most difficult challenge we face in the next century, because it has a lot to do with other things besides money.
strong character thinking
I think that when you look at the great politicians, the two greatest in my view were George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, they certainly had character traits. You also know Abraham Lincoln overcame severe depression problems that he had when he was younger, which gave him the strength and the character later on.
war ideas historical
But we have a war of ideals and ideas, and that is to sell democracy...
mistake mind president
It is perhaps my greatest hope, Mr. President, that some day we'll consider tax and spending measures with no one else in mind but future generations of American taxpayers. We're tying a millstone of debt around their necks, and it is a grave mistake.
looks rancor backwards
I have no rancor. I look forward, not backwards.
soldier enemy different
...(W)e lose when by official policy or by official negligence we allow, confuse or encourage our soldiers to forget . . . that which is our greatest strength: that we are different and better than our enemies.
beer bills veto
I will veto every single beer, um, bill with earmarks.
president want vices
I want to tell the vice president and everybody else that when I'm president there will be a controlling legal authority.
ties president roles
The role of the vice president is to break ties in the Senate and inquire daily into the health of the president.
numbers america long
But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.
century 21st-century nations
In the 21st century nations don't invade other nations.
strong jobs islamic
I have had a strong and a long relationship on national security, I've been involved in every national crisis that this nation has faced since Beirut, I understand the issues, I understand and appreciate the enormity of the challenge we face from radical Islamic extremism. I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time.