--- title: "3 Candidate Quotes By John McCain" description: "3 Candidate quotes by John McCain. Plus more from John McCain and more Candidate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/john-mccain-465_ballot_in-the-view-of-everyone-i-am-a-viable-ca_1577195.png" --- > [In the view of everyone, I am a viable candidate and I should be on the ballot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/in-the-view-of-everyone-i-am-a-viable-candidate-and-i-should-be-on/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/john-mccain-465_ballot_in-the-view-of-everyone-i-am-a-viable-ca_1577195.png) > [I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/i-would-vote-for-a-muslim-if-he-or-she-was-the-best-candidate-able-to/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/john-mccain-465_able_i-would-vote-for-a-muslim-if-he-or-she-w_1989933.png) > [It is because I owe America more than she has ever owed me that I am a candidate for president to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/it-is-because-i-owe-america-more-than-she-has-ever-owed-me-that-i-am/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/john-mccain-465_america_it-is-because-i-owe-america-more-than-sh_2849061.png) ## Other authors on Candidate - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeb-bush-48259.jpg) Jeb Bush 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/jeb-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernie-sanders-17420.jpg) Bernie Sanders 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/bernie-sanders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-ted-cruz-89212.jpg) Ted Cruz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/ted-cruz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michelle-obama-67696.jpg) Michelle Obama 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/michelle-obama/) ## More by John McCain > [I have the utmost confidence in General Mattis, General Flynn, General Kelly, Dan Coates. I couldn't have picked a better team. And so I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/i-have-the-utmost-confidence-in-general-mattis-general-flynn-general/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/washington-is-a-hollywood-for-ugly-people-hollywood-is-a-washington/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [I think that it's important that we understand the importance of the Hispanic vote in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/i-think-that-it-s-important-that-we-understand-the-importance-of-the/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [ I will not agree to have this bill \[to repeal DADT \] go forward, because our economy is in the tank. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/i-will-not-agree-to-have-this-bill-to-repeal-dadt-go-forward-because/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/i-don-t-know-a-politician-who-enjoys-fundraising-the-system-is-such/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [It is perhaps my greatest hope, Mr. President, that some day we'll consider tax and spending measures with no one else in mind but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/it-is-perhaps-my-greatest-hope-mr-president-that-some-day-we-ll/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [This kind of horror has become all too familiar to us. As parents, Cindy and I offer our prayers to the memory of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/this-kind-of-horror-has-become-all-too-familiar-to-us-as-parents/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [Thousands of Americans have given their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq upholding their oaths and defending this nation. Chelsea Manning broke her oath and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/thousands-of-americans-have-given-their-lives-in-afghanistan-and-iraq/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [The truth is sometimes a hard pill to swallow. It sometimes causes us difficulties at home and abroad. It is sometimes used by our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/the-truth-is-sometimes-a-hard-pill-to-swallow-it-sometimes-causes-us/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [Countries, not just their armies, win wars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/countries-not-just-their-armies-win-wars/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [My greatest fear is the Iranians acquire a nuclear weapon and give it to a terrorist organization. And there is a real threat of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/my-greatest-fear-is-the-iranians-acquire-a-nuclear-weapon-and-give-it/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [Presidential ambition is a disease that can only be cured by embalming fluid .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/presidential-ambition-is-a-disease-that-can-only-be-cured-by/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [3 "amnesty" didn't mean rewarding illegal behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/3-amnesty-didn-t-mean-rewarding-illegal-behavior/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [On the subject of Osama bin Laden... we will track him down. We will capture him. We will bring him to justice, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/on-the-subject-of-osama-bin-laden-we-will-track-him-down-we-will/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [That's Joe Biden right there - unbowed, unbroken and unable to stop talking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/that-s-joe-biden-right-there-unbowed-unbroken-and-unable-to-stop/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/john-mccain/#itemlist", "name": "3 Candidate Quotes By John McCain", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the view of everyone, I am a viable candidate and I should be on the ballot.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John McCain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/in-the-view-of-everyone-i-am-a-viable-candidate-and-i-should-be-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/john-mccain-465_ballot_in-the-view-of-everyone-i-am-a-viable-ca_1577195.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/john-mccain-465_ballot_in-the-view-of-everyone-i-am-a-viable-ca_1577195.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/john-mccain-465_ballot_in-the-view-of-everyone-i-am-a-viable-ca_1577195.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the view of everyone, I am a viable candidate and I should be on the ballot.” — John McCain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John McCain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/i-would-vote-for-a-muslim-if-he-or-she-was-the-best-candidate-able-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/john-mccain-465_able_i-would-vote-for-a-muslim-if-he-or-she-w_1989933.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/john-mccain-465_able_i-would-vote-for-a-muslim-if-he-or-she-w_1989933.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/john-mccain-465_able_i-would-vote-for-a-muslim-if-he-or-she-w_1989933.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our…” — John McCain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is because I owe America more than she has ever owed me that I am a candidate for president to the United States.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John McCain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/it-is-because-i-owe-america-more-than-she-has-ever-owed-me-that-i-am/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/john-mccain-465_america_it-is-because-i-owe-america-more-than-sh_2849061.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/john-mccain-465_america_it-is-because-i-owe-america-more-than-sh_2849061.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/john-mccain-465_america_it-is-because-i-owe-america-more-than-sh_2849061.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is because I owe America more than she has ever owed me that I am a candidate for president to the United…” — John McCain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/john-mccain/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/john-mccain/", "name": "Candidate Quotes by John McCain", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidate/john-mccain/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/john-mccain-465_ballot_in-the-view-of-everyone-i-am-a-viable-ca_1577195.png" }, "description": "3 Candidate quotes by John McCain. 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