John McCain Quotes

We came to Iraq to liberate them and to make our world a safer place.

We should be proud of liberating the 26 million people in Iraq and should remember that this is why it is important to stick it out to it's successful conclusion.

Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.

Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time.

I am confident that in the end freedom and democracy will prevail over terror and tyranny. We will win this war on terror - and when we do Americans, the British, Iraqis, and people around the world will be more secure.

There is nothing democratic about war. It’s a straight dictatorship. The use of force to attain an end desired. We the armed forces of the USA have put a government in the position to dictate the peace. We did not come over here to acquire jurisdiction over either the people or their countries. We came to give them back the right to govern themselves.

Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation. Bella suscipienda sunt ob eam causam, ut sine injuria in pace vivatur.

Right now, the choice isn't between war and peace. It is between war and endless war.

Iraq and Afghanistan are now democracies and they are allies in the cause of freedom and peace.

I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help free people from oppression.

We cannot cut and run. If we are to ensure freedom and democracy, it is essential that we follow through on our obligation to bring about stability in Iraq.

Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war.

As we continue to make great progress in the war on terror, now more than ever, it is important that members of the international community stand-by and bolster the efforts of the emerging diplomatic leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan.

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.

Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.

Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.

What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding nations the opportunity to see, to taste and to experience the democracy that equals freedom and ultimately justice.

We had four years of world war which the peoples endured only because they were told that their sufferings would free humanity forever from the scourge of war.

The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.

I'm not an expert on the Middle East or terrorism or the use of military force or politics. It's all I can do to know a little bit about how to help people raise their kids and what to do when they get sick. When a war happens, I just hope it gets over with quickly so that how we take care of children becomes more important again.

Without peace, there is no freedom, individual or national. War and hostilities are a form of slavery.

Can a democratic nation fight a War on Terror and at the same time bend over backward so as not to offend a few visitors' rights?

The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq, or any type of war.