John McCain Quotes About Running

Quotes about: Running

• I'm not running for president because I think I'm blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save our country in its hour of need. My country saved me. My country saved me, and I cannot forget it. And I will fight for her for as long as I draw breath, so help me God.

  John McCain

  Running, Country, Blessed

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 4 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

• I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in, or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president.

  John McCain

  Running, Ambition, Political

  John McCain, Mark Salter (2002). “Worth the Fighting For: A Memoir”, p.353, Random House

• Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don’t have much of a vision for the future or you’re not ready to articulate it.

  John McCain

  Running, People, Vision

  "New DNC Ad Criticizes McCain Over Negative Attack Ads" by Nicholas Graham, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 5, 2008.

• Why am I running for president? Well, my wife, Cindy, says it is because I sustainedseveral severe blows to the head in prison camp.

  John McCain

  Running, Blow, Wife

• We can't cut and run.

  John McCain

  Running, Cutting

• The question is not whether you would like to be president or not. The question is: Do you think you can win and do you want to run? And none of those are clear to me.

  John McCain

  Running, Winning, Thinking

  "McCain disputes Cheney on Iraq". www.cnn.com. June 20, 2005.

• When you run ads saying you are going to save social security, my friend, that's all hat and no cattle.

  John McCain

  Running, Hats, Social

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