Lindsey Graham People Quotations

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

When it comes to fossil fuels, we're going to find more here and use less. Over time, we're going to become energy independent. I am tired of sending $300 billion overseas to buy oil from people who hate our guts. The choice between a weak economy and a strong environment is a false choice, that is not the choice I'll offer America.

Secretary Rumsfeld, people are calling for your resignation. Somebody is drafting an article of impeachment against you right now, ... What do you say to those people who are calling for your resignation?

People are concerned. It's gone on longer than we thought. The violence is larger than we thought it would be. People are worried about our troops over in Iraq,

People are beginning to question. And I don't think it's a blip on the radar screen. We have a chronic problem on our hands,

People in Congress need to apologize. We're growing the government at a pace that makes the Democrats look thrifty.

The American public needs to understand we're talking about rape and murder here. We're not just talking about giving people a humiliating experience,

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.

Erosion of benefits is coming. The question is will they come in a way that people afford, and will have a soft landing, or will we have a hard landing?

If you can go to the Native people and listen to their stories and walk away with any doubt that something's going on, I just think you're not listening.

I'm for Simpson-Bowles. It doesn't raise taxes, it closes loopholes and takes the money we would give to a few people and put it on the debt

We have to adjust the age retirement for younger people. People of my income level are going to have to have their benefits means-tested. Democrats are going to want a simpler tax code.

Most people are one car wreck away from needing somebody's help. So, I don't take anything for granted much anymore.

I think the American people pretty well understand that radical Islam has an agenda that includes us.

What we're trying to look for is a process that is not responding to political pressures, but one that is responding to economic reality, because I do believe ... that it's in the best interest of the Chinese people to allow a market-based currency.

The world we live in takes a multifaceted approach. To the American taxpayer: We need to be investing in improving people's lives before the terrorists try to take over.

Philanthropy is lost. The human spirit is suppressed. Most people want a legacy; they want to give something back, a library, a hospital wing, a donation to their church. This is a form of socialism that must go.

Some people say I'm too blunt and I'm too direct, too straightforward. I think we could use some of that in Washington, D.C.