John McCain Quotes

What we need is not more distrust and division. What we need now is acceptance.

The things that divide us in politics are infinitesimal compared with the dignity of our common humanity.

It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement.

It's easy to focus on the things that divide us. Sometimes too easy.

The goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it, whatever ventures I might pursue, would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

Americans know that we have more in common than we do differences.

While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is that we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.

That's what friendships are, isn't it? You don't all have to be the same, as long as you've all got the same sense of humor and same attitudes on life.

Solidarity is a beautiful word because it means that you reach out to those who are different from you and who have to cope with different circumstances because we recognize that we all share the same human needs and same values. It is the values that count most of all. The value of freedom of thought, the value of democratic practices, the value of respect for your fellow human beings.

As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.

We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and distrust, but of strength and inspiration.

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

We focus so much on our differences, and that is creating, I think, a lot of chaos and negativity and bullying in the world. And I think if everybody focused on what we all have in common - which is - we all want to be happy.

Common sense suggests that if no one ever judged other people, there would be no real human community.

I believe in people.

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.

We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people.

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.

America's strength is not our diversity; our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal.

You've got to respect people; you've got to understand where they come from. We know where people in Oklahoma come from - that's why we get along.

I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.

We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.

Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them.

We are all human and I want to relate that message to all people.

Everyone can relate to me no matter what race or who you are or how you feeling.