A biography for Lindsey Grahamhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't think it's rational for a country to try to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador in a restaurant in Washington.”
“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.”
“It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally.”
“Thank God for some Republican control of one branch of the government.”
“The politics of judges is getting to be red hot.”
“If you make me your president, I'm going to put the country ahead of the party. I'm going to do what it takes to defend this nation. This nation has been great to me, and that's the only way I know to pay you back.”
“We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.”
“Conservatives have a different view of a lot of issues versus our friends on the other side. The election determines how that shakes out.”
“Iraq is falling apart.”
“We don't have a lot of Reagan-type leaders in our party. Remember Ronald Reagan Democrats? I want a Republican that can attract Democrats.”
“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.”
“You know, the commander-in-chief's first responsibility is look out for those in uniform who fight the wars.”
“We're failing when it comes to controlling spending.”
“President Obama chose politics over leadership. 'Hope' and 'Change' have become bait-and-switch.”
“The intelligence community gets hurt through sequestration.”
“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 the healthcare bill.”
“The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.”
“Today, I'm 60, I'm not married, I don't have any kids. I would give up some Social Security to save a system that Americans are going to depend on now and in the future.”
“There's a lot of things we can do to balance out what Obama's done and going forward show the American people the Republican Party can govern. I want a coalition of tea party people, independents, moderate Democrats trying to find a way to move this country forward before we become Greece.”
“I don't blame anybody for using the tax code to their advantage.”