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Quotes by Lindsey Graham

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.
– Lindsey Graham
I do believe that what happened in that prison [Abu Ghraib] was not only against what we stand for as a nation, it is totally against what the men and women who serve want to happen, it is also a result of dereliction of duty.
– Lindsey Graham
I was 6'4 when I started this [Social Security reform]. I'm 5'7.
– Lindsey Graham
Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality.
– Lindsey Graham
President Bush has shown great leadership. He has said that the 21st century will not be ruled or dictated by terrorists, dictators, and murderers. He is absolutely right. God bless him for his resolve.
– Lindsey Graham
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.
– Lindsey Graham
The President's focus on Social Security as a national problem demonstrates his willingness to lead where others have chosen to demagogue.
– Lindsey Graham
The recent successful elections in Iraq and Afghanistan have shown us that freedom is the best antidote to terror.
– Lindsey Graham
We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.
– Lindsey Graham
We don't do Lincoln Day Dinners in South Carolina. It's nothing personal, but it takes a while to get over things.
– Lindsey Graham
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.
– Lindsey Graham
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.
– Lindsey Graham
Why did we go to war? Why did we pick people from South Carolina, California, and all the places in between to go to a foreign land and risk their lives and have some die? To make sure that Saddam Hussein could do no more damage to the region or us than he has already done.
– Lindsey Graham
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.
– Lindsey Graham
The politics of judges is getting to be red hot.
– Lindsey Graham
The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous.
– Lindsey Graham
The intelligence community gets hurt through sequestration.
– Lindsey Graham
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.
– Lindsey Graham
President Obama chose politics over leadership. 'Hope' and 'Change' have become bait-and-switch.
– Lindsey Graham
No employer is going to hire robustly until they know what the health care cost is going to be.
– Lindsey Graham
Look how many millions of people are underemployed or have lost their jobs. The last thing I'm going to do is play politics with their future.
– Lindsey Graham
Detainee policy in this war is hard, it's complicated, but we must get it right. We would be better off as a nation if we could close Gitmo safely and start a new prison that he could use that the world would see as a better way to doing business.
– Lindsey Graham