Quotes by Lindsey Graham

“The intelligence community gets hurt through sequestration.”

“According to the FBI and the director of national intelligence, Syria's becoming a perfect platform to strike our nation. I've got a very simple strategy as your president against ISIL. Whatever it...”

“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 res...”

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

“No employer is going to hire robustly until they know what the health care cost is going to be.”

“The healthcare bill not only is a monstrosity in terms of growing the government and cutting out the private sector, the way it was passed was sleazy. Every old Washington trick was used to pass th...”

“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.”

“The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous.”

“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.”

“Let's just get to the political heart of the matter, No matter what you want to call it, beyond border enforcement, a lot of people, particularly on our side, don't want to have a debate about this...”

“I'm not a libertarian. If you are, you're welcome to vote for me and help this party, but we're not gonna build the party around libertarian ideas.”

“I want to talk very quickly about the world as we wish it to be. As we celebrate tonight, let's embrace in our hearts the world that we all wish it to be, a world where there's no rockets from Gaza...”

“And here's the first thing I would do if I were president of the United States. I wouldn't let Congress leave town until we fix this. I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to....”

“I am running (for president) because I think the world is falling apart.”

“Everything I know about the Iranians I learned at the pool room, [Graham] said. I met a lot of liars, and I know the Iranians are lying.”

“We have never seen more threats against our nation and its citizens than we do today.”

“There are bad people in this world who are motivated by hate.”

“I can't explain this. I don't know what would make a young man at 21 get so sick and twisted to kill nine people in a church; this is beyond my understanding... There are real people out there who ...”

“As a party, we are better to risk losing without Donald Trump than trying to win with him. Enough already with Mister Trump.”

“It’s like [choosing between] being shot or poisoned.”