Lindsey Graham Quotes

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Lindsey Graham

Profession : Politician

Birth : July 9, 1955

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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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A healthy environment, a strong economy and energy independent America - that would be the purpose of my presidency, is break the strangle hold that people enjoy on fossil fuels who hate our guts.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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