John McCain Quotes

In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading.

In the fullness of time, every President ends up hating his Vice President.

The Chinese military is on a different page from the Chinese civilian leadership.

With such interference in my command I cannot expect to be of much service in the field

We are more than all crippled by an unfortunate misunderstanding which unhappily exists between Pres. Davis and the leading generals of this army.... Mr. Davis’ motto seems to be: ‘Rule or Ruin.’ Mr. Davis is undoubtedly a great man, but he has his faults, his whims, and his unbounded prejudices. I have nearly lost all the admiration I ever had for him as an honest man and a patriot.

Mr. President. You ought to fire him [General Douglas MacArthur.]

Russia isn't likely to have any more military success in Syria and Iraq than has the United States.

Leading the coalition military effort during the surge in Iraq in 2007 and 2008 was the most important endeavor - and greatest challenge - of my 37 years in uniform.

To get a presidential tweet from the Commander-in-Chief about a military book that you've written is pretty awesome. And it wouldn't matter where that person's politics would be, it's the President of the United States.

An adversarial relationship between the president and members of the press can be expected.

We have no George Pattons anymore. We have no Ulysses S. Grants. We have none of the swashbuckling generals that actually made things happen.

If you read any sort of, like, military general autobiographies or biographies, most of them never wanted to fight, you know? It's necessary. War is necessary.

A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.

He [ Vladimir Putin] would rather have a puppet as president of the United States.

We will fight with full force and might of the United States military.

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

It would probably be a direct order, shape up your morale. And so he understands command. He understands how to delegate. And I think that [General John Kelly] will bring law and order.

There are plenty of people in the in the military and high ranking generals that do not feel that they have been optimized or listened to .

There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United States.

Your commander would never lie to you. That's the vice president's job.

The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, "Senator, we ought to change the policy," then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it.

The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant

The Maid and her soldiers will have the victory. Therefore the Maid is willing that you, Duke of Bedford, should not destroy yourself.

Too much praise cannot be bestowed on those who managed my artillery.