Lindsey Graham

“The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.”

“I think no one has ever been re-elected with unemployment over 7.6 percent.”

“Social Security must be preserved and strengthened. But we need to be candid about the costs and willing to make the tough choices that real reform will require.”

“Al Qaeda is alive and well in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the wars are not receding.”

“We're going to lose Social Security and Medicare if Republicans and Democrats do not come together and find a solution like Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill. I will be the Ronald Reagan if I ca...”

“If you increase taxes now on - at any level, it's going to make it harder to create jobs And we've lost 2 1/2 million jobs since the stimulus package passed. We're at 9.6 unemployment. So I...”

“It puts limits on criminals' rights to destroy unborn children without the permission of the woman.”

“We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.”

“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.”