664 ordspråk av John McCain
John McCain
I didn't inform anyone (about the speech), I wanted to have it be a normal occasion and that was to go and give a statement about Kosovo, ... I specifically asked that there not be any special events or arrangements made upon my return. I thought that was the most appropriate way to do that.
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I do believe my view has evolved,
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I do believe that there has been a lot of patience, but at some point we will run out of patience with this thing, ... Whatever party is seen as needlessly dragging out this thing will suffer the consequences.
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I do not believe that the Bush administration decided that they would set up a scenario that gave us the rationale for going into Iraq,
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I do not question the motives, nor do I know the motives for the president pardoning Mr. Rich, ... I do know that there's a terrible appearance of impropriety when a million dollars in soft money is given by the ex-wife of a fugitive from justice.
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I do not recommend lightly the course I have called on the president to pursue. I know, as should anyone who votes for this resolution, that if Americans die in a land war with Serbia we will bear a considerable share of the blame for their loss.
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I don't believe Rudy, like me, will be 'Mr. Congeniality' in the United States Senate, ... But I do believe he will be an instant star.
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I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.
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I don't have to tell you or anybody who's watching, our image in the world is suffering very badly, and one of the reasons for it is the perception that we abuse people that we take captive,
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I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith.
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I don't know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people you are facing.
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I don't know if censure would be in order, but an apology, because it does a great disservice to the men and women who suffered in the gulags and in Pol Pot's killing fields,
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I don't know if these allegations are true, ... But they have to be investigated. We've got to make it clear to the world that America doesn't do it. It's not about prisoners. It's about us.
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I don't know if you can understand, this, George, but that really hurt. That really hurt,
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I don't know what information the president had at the time and what he didn't have, ... So, I think all of that's going to be reviewed, and I'm sure that will be part of this commission.
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