A Quote by John McCain

Political leaders are not and cannot reasonably be expected to be indifferent to the cruelest calumnies aimed at their character.

John McCain

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John McCain
American - Politician
August 29, 1936 - August 25, 2018

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Lynn Coady

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Howard Zinn

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Alexander Hamilton

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Giannina Braschi

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Ludwig von Mises

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Richard Whately

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Sebastian Spering Kresge

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Dalia Grybauskaite

I have, I think, afforded every opportunity that could be reasonably expected, to judge of my credibility.

Maria Monk

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Jay Leno

In order to understand life it is not only necessary not to be indifferent to men, but not to be indifferent to flocks, to trees. One should be indifferent to nothing.

Remy de Gourmont

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I think the question really is, whether our political leaders have stepped out of bounds. Because all this has been approved by our political leaders, Cheney and Bush in the first instance, and now, sadly, Barack Obama in the second instance.

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