John McCain

“Sometimes it's important to watch what the president does rather than what he says.”

“I know in war good people can feel obliged for good reasons to do things they would normally object to and recoil from.”

“Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again.”

“America didn't invent human rights. Those rights are common to all people: nations, cultures, and religions cannot choose to simply opt out of them.”

“Our political differences, no matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.”

“When you're not winning, you're losing.”

“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.”

“Countries, not just their armies, win wars.”

“I believe we should always put our country first.”

“I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.”

“As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.”

“I am frustrated and outraged by the slow nature of change at the VA.”

“My record shows that I have put my country first, and I follow the philosophy and traditions of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.”

“We need to listen to the views and respect the collective will of our democratic allies. When we believe that international action is necessary, whether military, economic, or diplomatic, we will try to persuade our friends that we are right. But we, in return, must also be willing to be persuaded by them.”

“We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital.”

“Civic participation over a lifetime, working in neighborhoods and communities and service of all kinds - military and civilian, full-time and part-time, national and international - will strengthen America's civic purpose.”

“I know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good intelligence.”

“I'm sick and tired - and the American people are sick and tired - of the pork barrel spending.”

“We are a country with a conscience.”

“The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government.”