Latest Lindsey Graham Quotes from Interviews

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• 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.

  Lindsey Graham

  Country, People, Sick

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• The Constitution is a living, breathing document that can speak to you and nobody else.

  Lindsey Graham

  Constitution, Speak

  Source: www.pbs.org

• The only sin I think a commander in chief can make is exaggerating successes and not understanding the challenges.

  Lindsey Graham

  Thinking, Understanding, Challenges

  Source: www.pbs.org

• Our government has a responsibility to defend our borders, but we must do so in a way that makes us safer and upholds all that is decent and exceptional about our nation.

  Lindsey Graham

  Responsibility, Government, Borders

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• Our most important allies in the fight against ISIL are the vast majority of Muslims who reject its apocalyptic ideology of hatred.

  Lindsey Graham

  Fighting, Hatred, Important

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• Donald Trump has gone from making absurd comments to being downright dangerous with his bombastic rhetoric.

  Lindsey Graham

  Gone, Absurd, Trump

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• I'm from South Carolina, so I know what it's like to be accused of being a conservative from the South. And I know that to some people that means more than you're a conservative from the South.

  Lindsey Graham

  Mean, People, South Carolina

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I don`t think most people would want me to have a business relationship as a senator where my business partners can reap the benefit of my position and I one day get the share the profits.

  Lindsey Graham

  Thinking, People, One Day

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I think concerns with a member of Congress with a cabinet official being active in business. I don`t see why it wouldn`t apply to the president.

  Lindsey Graham

  Thinking, President, Cabinets

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• We don't have enough American troops inside of Iraq to destroy ISIL any time soon.

  Lindsey Graham

  Iraq, Troops, Isil

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. November 29, 2015.

• My party is going bat (EXPLETIVE DELETED) crazy.

  Lindsey Graham

  Crazy, Party, Bats

  "All In" with Chris Hayes, www.msnbc.com. February 26, 2016.

• Dishonest, which is Hillary Clinton in the eyes of the American people, beats crazy. Dishonest loses to normal. So, let's just pick somebody out of the phone book if we have to.

  Lindsey Graham

  Crazy, Book, Eye

  "All In" with Chris Hayes, www.msnbc.com. January 21, 2016.

• I intend to make America strong again. I'm going to be the champion of the middle class, where I came from. If you make me your president, our best days are ahead. I'm ready to be commander-in-chief, ladies and gentlemen, on day one. I intend to win a war that we cannot afford to lose.

  Lindsey Graham

  Strong, War, Winning

  "Republican Candidates "Undercard" Debate in Boulder, Colorado". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. October 28, 2015.

• We can talk about corporations all day long but my goal is to help the middle class, somebody who makes too much to be on government assistance but still lives paycheck to paycheck.

  Lindsey Graham

  Government, Class, Long

  Lindsey Graham at GOP primary debate at the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colorado, time.com. October 28, 2015.

• We owe to every businessperson and worker in America the best environment in the world to create a job. We owe that to American business. 35 percent corporate tax rate is the second highest in the world. We need to lower it so they don’t leave.

  Lindsey Graham

  Jobs, Class, America

  Lindsey Graham at GOP primary debate at the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colorado, time.com. October 28, 2015.

• The worst nightmare in the world is a radical Islamic regime with a weapon of mass destruction.

  Lindsey Graham

  Islamic, Mass Destruction, Worst Nightmares

  Cnn Reagan Library Debate in Simi Valley, California, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. September 16th, 2015.

• Whether you're the wedding cake baker or the gay couple or the Baptist preacher, radical Islam would kill you all if they could.

  Lindsey Graham

  Couple, Gay, Cake

  Lindsey Graham at GOP primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, www.cbsnews.com. September 16, 2015.

• I want a president who'll look out for American interests. Every treaty we sign has a provision that a president of the United States, if he or she concludes that it's no longer in the interest of the country should step back from it.

  Lindsey Graham

  Country, President, Steps

  "Meet the Press" with Brian Williams, www.nbcnews.com. June 22, 2008.

• I think the worst thing in the world is to have the courts decide who to target in the war on terrorism. And courts are not military commanders.

  Lindsey Graham

  Military, War, Thinking

  "Sen. Lindsey Graham talks Hagel, Brennan nominations; Sen. Rand Paul on the Obama agenda, Republican policy". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. February 17, 2013.

• We're being overrun by people who live in poor and corrupt countries who come to the USA to get work. But we got to regain our sovereignty, we're going to control our border, and there will be border security tied to the pathway to citizenship. There will be an earned pathway to citizenship. It will be available to everybody who works hard, pays a fine, passes a background check.

  Lindsey Graham

  Country, Hard Work, Usa

  "Meet The Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. April 7, 2013.

• Every state and the federal government have laws that protect people from acts of violence, and those laws should be enforced. What I want to see in America is that if you hurt a human being and you bring pain in their life, that's all we need to know. If you did it illegally, you should be prosecuted.

  Lindsey Graham

  Hurt, Pain, Government

  "Representative Lindsey Graham: George W. Bush’s record in Texas". www.cnn.com. October 25, 2000.

• What I want to do is protect the religious liberties of those who believe that opposing same-sex marriage is part of their faith.

  Lindsey Graham

  Religious, Sex, Believe

  "N.C. Law Balances Same-Sex Marriage With Religious Freedom". "Morning Edition", www.npr.org. July 1, 2015.

• I'm not going to throw my state under the bus. That's never going to happen.

  Lindsey Graham

  States, Bus, Happens

  "Meet the Press" with CHuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. June 28, 2015.

• 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.

  Lindsey Graham

  Wings, People, Giving

  "Estate Tax Debate". "PBS NewsHour" with Kwame Holman, www.pbs.org. June 8, 2000.

• I don't have kids, but I do understand family, and I understand how precious family is.

  Lindsey Graham

  Kids

  "Sen. Lindsey Graham on fighting Islamic State, shoring up Social Security". www.pbs.org. June 4, 2015.