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> # Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right.

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## More from John McCain

1. > As far as me and the vice presidency is concerned ... I spent a number of years in a North Vietnamese prison camp in the dark and (was) fed scraps, and I don't…

[Permalink to quote \#8](https://quotesby.net/John-McCain/8/ "Permalink to quote 8")
2. > \[B\]y 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.

[Permalink to quote \#10](https://quotesby.net/John-McCain/10/ "Permalink to quote 10")
3. > I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.

[Permalink to quote \#7](https://quotesby.net/John-McCain/7/ "Permalink to quote 7")

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