Cindy McCain Quotes

As a mother, I – like everyone else – have to fill my gas tank in my car. I have to feed my family. I have to be able to make sure that I can keep a roof over their heads and, with things escalating the way they are, it’s very difficult. People are losing their homes.

Our government treats the LGBT community like second-class citizens.

Sunglasses are a migraine sufferer’s best friend.

What intrigued me about him was his intelligence, his humor. I’d been all over the world. I had started a career. At that point, I had sort of committed myself to not committing. I didn’t want to have to raise a husband, but he was so sophisticated and so funny.

Nobody wants to sell their child, but what they wind up doing is selling their child to be able to support their family.

I believe in the great spirit and intelligence of Americans.

I grew up with my dad. I’m an only child. My father was a cowboy, and he really loved me very much, but I think he wanted a son occasionally.

I think Americans are good-hearted, open-minded people and race doesn’t enter into this – at all.

We don’t need more bullying, and I’m tired of it.

Having a strong father, I wanted an older man.

I fully support the NOH8 campaign and all it stands for and am proud to be a part of it. But I stand by my husband’s stance on DADT.

The secret to a happy marriage is patience and honesty. I really mean that. You have to be patient, you have to be open, and you also have to be available for criticism, too.

If you really want to see change, and have change, you’re going to have to get involved.

My husband’s the first one to say, “This is not the end of the world.” We’re doing what we want to do – what we have chosen to do – and we know the risks involved.

I’m an emotional woman when it comes to service to our country. I watched many people’s children leave and go serve. This is something that is the fiber of the McCain family. It was nothing more than me just saying I believe in this country so strongly.

I have very distinct things that I like. I have very distinct opinions. Just because I choose to be a little less overt out on the campaign [trail] doesn’t mean I’m anything less than very opinionated and very intelligent.

I would continue to do the things that I do. I’d get into the field and work, and be an example to other people that you can’t rely on the government to be the answer to everything.

My husband is absolutely opposed to any negative campaigning at all.

Gweneth Paltrow is a joke. Her life is like taking bullets for a soldier. What a joke! My 2 sons serving in the military should talk to her.

My own feeling is we need more compassion, we need more empathy, we need more togetherness, in terms of working together.

I did learn a great deal about my husband but I also learned something about myself: I made a wise choice. I think he’s a good man.

I think it’s a right that every American parent should have – choice and competition in education, and choice in schools are most important to me.

If my children are happy, I’m happy.

I think security is a big issue for people.

I just want to be who I am. I think all women go through the belief that they need to be superwoman – that to be successful in any way, and I don’t necessarily mean in business or anything, but just to be a successful person, you have to be superwoman.