John McCain Quotes

You know, we have our differences, everybody does, honest, real differences, but I do believe strongly that we as neighbors are drawn together far more than we're driven apart.

I believe that we are here for each other, not against each other. Everything comes from an understanding that you are a gift in my life - whoever you are, whatever our differences.

If tolerance is the best we can do in this moment, then by all means let's be tolerant. But by stopping there, by merely tolerating each other, we miss so much.

We are a pluralistic Nation composed of very distinct groups, each bound together by ethnicity, race, or religion - each group proud of its identity and committed to its faith and traditions. Yet despite these differences, we can be bound together into a broader community.

We don't have to have the same truths or personal belief systems to love one another and get along.

Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.

Differences in experience, points of view and opinions aren't what pulls us apart. It's what pulls us together.

Our collective future depends on opening channels of compassion, acceptance, and understanding of others.

If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.

We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations, we should do so with compassion.

We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?

We'd do better to follow the admonition of Jesus about loving our neighbours. People in the U.S. are capable of forgiveness and willing to see one another's point of view, but when matters become politicised, we're less able to do that.

We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not.

As I lived on in America, I got to truly know the people of this country - so many kind and wonderful people, people of so many races - who helped me in so many ways. Who became my friends. I realized that underneath our different accents, habits, foods, religions, ways of thinking, we shared a common humanity.

We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people.

You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

I definitely feel we're moving forward. There's a lot more understanding... there's less fear and we're working on there being less hatred.

Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.

We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation.

Throughout my work is the idea, over and over, that we must all learn to respect one another.

Our goal should be to understand our differences.

Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion.