John McCain Quotes

It's not politically incorrect to say you're Republican or conservative.

I still subscribe to the theory that Ronald Reagan once pronounced: that I will never speak ill will of my fellow Republican.

I am not a Republican apologist.

I've always believed in challenging Republicans where they think they are strongest.

I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported.

I can't go out with a Republican.

In actual fact, I have always been a conservative cross, borne sadly by liberal friends.

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.

I'm not tribal Labour. I'm a Liberal at heart. Different tradition, different language.

When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks I probably wouldn't like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions.

But I'm not a member of the Democratic Party. If you know anything about me, anybody who's followed me, I'm the anti-Democrat. I have railed against the Democrats for a long time.

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.

I was never a Democrat but there are some Republicans who think I ought to be.

We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists

When I am asked whether the division between the left and the right still has any meaning, the first thought that comes to my mind is that the person who asks the question is not on the left.

I guess blustery liberal Republicans flock together.

I have never knowingly dated a Republican.

I'm not going to be lectured by Nathan Deal, who is a former Clinton Democrat. I will stack up my conservative credentials against his any day of the week.

I don't believe all Republicans are bad.

Republicans don't vote Republican because of Nancy Pelosi. They vote Republican because they are Republicans.

I don't like to define myself as necessarily conservative. What is it to be a conservative? What is it to be a Republican, even?

But I'm proud to come from a family of Republicans and, yes, we have some spirited discussions in our family.

I think 'progressive' is different than 'liberal' - I know a lot of people use them interchangeably - but I think I'm far more progressive than I am liberal.

I heard Gillian say, with a laugh, At this point, does anyone expect the liberals not to be total hypocrites? She was oblivious to the possibility that perhaps not everyone present shared her views, and I thought, You're sixteen. How can you already be a Republican?

What matters now, the only thing that matters right now is that whatever you think of the conservative movement and whoever you think is or isn't one, no matter who you think they are, they cannot unify around the concept of beating a Democrat. That's what you have to learn. If that's the movement you want to be part of, then you have at it.