Quotes By 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.

It puts limits on criminals' rights to destroy unborn children without the permission of the woman.

Conservatives have a different view of a lot of issues versus our friends on the other side. The election determines how that shakes out.

This idea of holding the Defense Department hostage to the tax debate makes me sick to my stomach. Knock it off.

We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.

The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous.

The Afghan security forces will always have the help of the U.S. American military to ensure that Afghanistan never fails.

Thank God for some Republican control of one branch of the government.

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.

I think no one has ever been re-elected with unemployment over 7.6 percent.

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.

President Obama chose politics over leadership. 'Hope' and 'Change' have become bait-and-switch.

The intelligence community gets hurt through sequestration.

It's one thing to shoot yourself in the foot. Just don't reload the gun.

Al Qaeda is alive and well in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the wars are not receding.

It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally.

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.

We're failing when it comes to controlling spending.

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.

Iraq is falling apart.

Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality.

If you increase taxes now on - at any level, it's going to make it harder to create jobs And we've lost 2 1/2 million jobs since the stimulus package passed. We're at 9.6 unemployment. So I don't think we tax too little, I think we spend too much.

The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.

We will never win this war until we understand the effect that Guantanamo Bay has had on the overall war effort. And we'll never get the support of the American people if we can't prove to them that these folks that we're dealing with are not common criminals. We're going to keep them - keep you safe from them.

At the end of the day, Mitt Romney and Ann Romney are two fine people.

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.

The president of the United States let the consulate in Libya become a death trap.

You know, the commander-in-chief's first responsibility is look out for those in uniform who fight the wars.

Well, thank God for a media that will ask questions.

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.