“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

Political Quotes

John McCain

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John McCain was a prominent American politician and military officer who served as a United States Senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. A member of the Republican Party, McCain was known for his bipartisan approach and commitment to national security. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he was a prisoner of war for over five years, an experience that shaped his political career and views on military and foreign policy.

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Feb 13, 2003

I do not see how you can possibly tell Americans that their homeland is secure if their border is not secure.

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Feb 13, 2003

We have no control over our southern border. 30,000 illegal immigrants are coming across the Arizona border every month.

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Feb 13, 2003

We do not want the military on the border. That is not appropriate. It is not constitutional.

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Feb 13, 2003

I am just exceedingly proud of that.

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Feb 13, 2003

I would urge you to look at the use of the Predator, and other high tech equipment which we have developed and could easily use along our border.

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Feb 13, 2003

I want to raise one subject with the Secretary, General Eberhart, and Admiral Ellis. There is a dirty little secret about homeland security that I believe needs to be examined and remedied as soon as possible, and that is the fact that our…

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Feb 13, 2003

In this day and age, on these issues, with the emerging nexus between suicide terror groups and weapons of mass destruction, it is the height of irresponsibility to make fundamental policy decisions based on what Paris, Bonn, Moscow, or…

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Feb 13, 2003

I would prefer multilateral talks, but I do not think we can wait for partners who do not seem to be coming to join us.

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Feb 13, 2003

We can do it with, hopefully, a minimal loss of life, even to our enemies.

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Feb 13, 2003

The question now is whether or not we are going to deploy a system, which we take steps to assure will work.

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Feb 13, 2003

I truly believe that in many respects North Korea presents the more immediate and maybe in some respects the greater threat at the moment.

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Feb 13, 2003

I hope we do not spend too much time today arguing again about who constitutes the greatest threat to us right this second.

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