Lindsey Graham Quotes
What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when you're in charge.
Social Security must be preserved and strengthened. But we need to be candid about the costs and willing to make the tough choices that real reform will require.
We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.
Some people say I'm too blunt and I'm too direct, too straightforward. I think we could use some of that in Washington, D.C.
Dishonest, which is Hillary Clinton in the eyes of the American people, beats crazy. Dishonest loses to normal. So, let's just pick somebody out of the phone book if we have to.
The sooner we get started with alternative energy sources and recognize that fossil fuels makes us less secure as a nation, and more dangerous as a planet, the better off we'll be.
Well, the big elephant in the whole system is the baby boomer generation that marches through like a herd of elephants. And we begin to retire in 2008.
The American consumer is also the American worker, and if we don't do something to protect our manufacturing base here at home, it is going to be hard to buy any retail goods.
Conservatives have a different view of a lot of issues versus our friends on the other side. The election determines how that shakes out.
The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.
I believe climate change is real, but I reject the cap and trade solution of John - of, you know, of Al Gore. He's made a religion. It's a problem.
No employer is going to hire robustly until they know what the health care cost is going to be.
If the Egyptian people can create a democracy in the heart of the Arab world, it will be a more significant contribution to civilization than the great pyramids.
It puts limits on criminals' rights to destroy unborn children without the permission of the woman.
We've got fifty people at Gitmo that are too dangerous to be let go that will never go through a normal criminal trial. Let's create a new legal system, so they'll have their day in court.
Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality.
I dare say there may be some men and women in the Armed Forces who are so decent that they would say: Give the Iraqi people money, we do not want to be paid back. That is the strength of our country.
Our most important allies in the fight against ISIL are the vast majority of Muslims who reject its apocalyptic ideology of hatred.
I think concerns with a member of Congress with a cabinet official being active in business. I don't see why it wouldn't apply to the president.
The world we live in takes a multifaceted approach. To the American taxpayer: We need to be investing in improving people's lives before the terrorists try to take over.
The only sin I think a commander in chief can make is exaggerating successes and not understanding the challenges.
Is any blogger out there saying anything—do they deserve First Amendment protection? These are the issues of our times.
Donald Trump has gone from making absurd comments to being downright dangerous with his bombastic rhetoric.
President Obama chose politics over leadership. 'Hope' and 'Change' have become bait-and-switch.
I think comprehensive immigration reform while securing your border and dealing rationale with 11 million is the only way we're going to solve this problem.
The best deal that Barack Obama can get will not be the best deal to be had because he's weak and indecisive.
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.
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.
Nobody in the Senate on a bipartisan fashion trusts the Iranians. They lie. They cheat. They're a murderous regime. They've been trying to develop a nuclear weapon.
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.
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 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.
The worst nightmare in the world is a radical Islamic regime with a weapon of mass destruction.
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 think the American people pretty well understand that radical Islam has an agenda that includes us.
I don't have kids, but I do understand family, and I understand how precious family is.
Tea Party to establishment from social conservative to libertarian, we all - what people want more than anything is they don't just want a fighter. They want someone who fights and wins.
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.