Jo Graham Quotes

Writing a memoir isn't particularly interesting to me. I'm not like Ellen [DeGeneres], where I can write, 'Water bottles--they're crazy!' and it's funny.

I consider my voice to be a centrist moderate voice among the nine Democratic candidates.

I would love to end the nuclear ambition of the Iranians without firing a shot, but you have to know who you're talking to and what they actually want, this is North Korea in the making.

I am convinced that people are open to the Christian message if it is seasoned with authority and proclaimed as God's own Word.

The worst nightmare in the world is a radical Islamic regime with a weapon of mass destruction.

Most people are one car wreck away from needing somebody's help. So, I don't take anything for granted much anymore.

The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl.

We don't have enough American troops inside of Iraq to destroy ISIL any time soon.

I don't think most people would want me to have a business relationship as a senator where my business partners can reap the benefit of my position and I one day get the share the profits.

I think the worst thing in the world is to have the courts decide who to target in the war on terrorism. And courts are not military commanders.

If 'Obama-care' becomes fully implemented in 2014, it's going to bankrupt states.

I think most Americans understand that radical Islam can't be compromised with or appeased. And the only way we can be safe is to form partnerships over there that will protect us over here.

I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy.

The Constitution is a living, breathing document that can speak to you and nobody else.

Our government has a responsibility to defend our borders, but we must do so in a way that makes us safer and upholds all that is decent and exceptional about our nation.

There's nothing more important than a good story.

Im the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well.

I have never known anyone to accept Christ's redemption and later regret it.

All TV shows are basically part of the same storyline.

I think there's more pressure to stand out in a way that is measurable externally. The fame culture is definitely way worse and weirder than it was when we were in high school.

The Bible teaches that history began in the Middle East, and someday history will end in the Middle East.

I'm from South Carolina, so I know what it's like to be accused of being a conservative from the South. And I know that to some people that means more than you're a conservative from the South.

If Barack Obama cannot appreciate that our troops are winning in Iraq, he should not be their Commander in Chief.

We are more united than ever before. I think this was exemplified in a very moving way when the members of our Congress stood shoulder to shoulder the other day and sang God Bless America.

We can talk about corporations all day long but my goal is to help the middle class, somebody who makes too much to be on government assistance but still lives paycheck to paycheck.

I'm not an analyzer. I've got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don't analyze people.

I don't think there is a single social issue I haven't spoken on.

I don't see any coronation coming my way

We have to adjust the age retirement for younger people. People of my income level are going to have to have their benefits means-tested. Democrats are going to want a simpler tax code.

The worst nightmare for al Qaeda is to come into a community that feels supported and has hope.

The Iranians have shared every weapon they've ever developed with terrorist organizations. I fear they would share nuclear technology with a terrorist organization that would one day come here.

I think that if I would talk on a political subject, if I talk about it, it would divide the audience on that issue. That's not my issue.

I'm glad to know that we do have political leaders that believe in God, and that has been true from the days of George Washington.

I think the best thing, if you can't get an air-tight deal with every "I" dotted and every "t" crossed is let the next president have a chance to deal with the Iranians.

I just don't know that a TV show demands a movie ending.

I don't have kids, but I do understand family, and I understand how precious family is.

The next president of the United States needs to figure one thing out quickly - how to be commander in chief. And I think I could do that.

I think our nation's at war with radical Islam. The primary goal of these groups is to attack our nation. Washington's a prime target.

I think the American people pretty well understand that radical Islam has an agenda that includes us.

All mankind is crying out for guidance, for comfort, for peace.

I have many friends that don't claim to be followers of Christ. As far as day-to-day friendship and being together at various functions, I don't think that there should be any difference at all.

I'm for Simpson-Bowles. It doesn't raise taxes, it closes loopholes and takes the money we would give to a few people and put it on the debt.

I can't explain 9/11, except the evil of man.

There's something wrong when hedge fund managers pay lower tax rates than nurses or the truckers

Marco Rubio, I think, will be president some day. Whether 2016 is his time, time will tell. He embraced immigration reform. He seems to have backed off. I'll let him explain why.

I would like to be part of a family, however that looks. Family is really important to me.

All too often we are more afraid of physical pain than of moral wrong. The cross is the standing evidence of the fact that holiness is a principle for which God would die.

I would love to have a good deal to end the nuclear ambitions of the Iranians, but I don't trust the Iranians. They've been lying and cheating.

I'm for eliminating deductions and taking some of the money to buy down rates and put it on the debt. That's not raising taxes. That's solving a problem.

I've been a military lawyer for 33 years. A member of al Qaeda or their affiliate group can be detained under a law of war as long as their threat to our nation without a trial.