Lindsey Graham Quotes

Lindsey Graham offers blunt, gritty reflections on politics, military and foreign policy.

15 quotes

  1. 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. Even if you debate it, you're wrong. Even if you're open-minded about compromise, you're wrong. It's a very simple answer to a complex problem. Send them all back. End of discussion, end of debate. Now that to me is not a realistic approach to a real problem.

  2. Our footprint will be here for a long time. We're a long way from being able to leave with honor.

  3. The more you drink, the better you're able to cope in Washington.

  4. Im the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well.

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

  6. I'm glad that the NSA is trying to find out what the terrorists are up to overseas and in our country. I'm glad that activity is going on, but it is limited to tracking people who are suspected to be terrorists and who they may be talking to... Yes, I am sure that that's what they're doing.

  7. The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

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

  11. My advice is if we can't replace Obamacare by ourselves, to go to the Democrats and say this. 10% of the sick people in this country drive 90 percent of the cost for all of us. Let's take those 10 percent of really sick people, put them in a federal managed care system so they'll get better outcomes, and save the private sector market if we can't do this by ourselves. That's a good place to start.

  12. We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.

  13. From a policy point of view, I don't think it's the right approach. I don't like the idea of having millions of people here for their entire life without being able to assimilate into America...From a political point of view, we've got 55 Democrats sent and a 72 percent support for a path to citizenship. It's just not practical to think we'll be able to pass any bill in the United States Senate without a path to citizenship.

  14. I think comprehensive immigration reform while securing your border and dealing rationale with 11 million is the only way we're going to solve this problem.

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