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Lindsey Graham [1955-0] American

Rank: 102
Politician, Member of the United States Senate

Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as a United States Senator from South Carolina since 2003, and has been the senior Senator from South Carolina since 2005.

Intelligence, Leadership, Legal, Politics, Environmental, Government, Hope, Strength

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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.	Government	101
President Bush has shown great leadership. He has said that the 21st century will not be ruled or dictated by terrorists, dictators, and murderers. He is absolutely right. God bless him for his resolve.	Leadership	102
Well, the big elephant in the whole system is the baby boomer generation that marches through like a herd of elephants. And we begin to retire in 2008.		103
President Obama chose politics over leadership. 'Hope' and 'Change' have become bait-and-switch.	Hope, Leadership, Politics	104
It puts limits on criminals' rights to destroy unborn children without the permission of the woman.		105
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.	Strength	106
We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.		107
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.	Legal	108
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.		109
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.	Politics	110
It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally.		111
The American consumer is also the American worker, and if we don't do something to protect our manufacturing base here at home, it is going to be hard to buy any retail goods.		112
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.	Environmental	113
I don't think it's rational for a country to try to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador in a restaurant in Washington.		114
I'm the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well.		115
Thank God for some Republican control of one branch of the government.		116
It's one thing to shoot yourself in the foot. Just don't reload the gun.		117
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.		118
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.		119
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.		120
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.		121
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.		122
Conservatives have a different view of a lot of issues versus our friends on the other side. The election determines how that shakes out.		123
No employer is going to hire robustly until they know what the health care cost is going to be.		124
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.		125
We're failing when it comes to controlling spending.		126
The intelligence community gets hurt through sequestration.	Intelligence	201
The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous.	Legal	202
If 'Obama-care' becomes fully implemented in 2014, it's going to bankrupt states.		203
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.		204
Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality.		205
The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.		206
The politics of judges is getting to be red hot.		207
Detainee policy in this war is hard, it's complicated, but we must get it right. We would be better off as a nation if we could close Gitmo safely and start a new prison that he could use that the world would see as a better way to doing business.		208
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 don't think we tax too little, I think we spend too much.		209
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.		210
The president of the United States let the consulate in Libya become a death trap.		211
You know, the commander-in-chief's first responsibility is look out for those in uniform who fight the wars.		212
This idea of holding the Defense Department hostage to the tax debate makes me sick to my stomach. Knock it off.		213
I don't blame anybody for using the tax code to their advantage.		214
The Afghan security forces will always have the help of the U.S. American military to ensure that Afghanistan never fails.		215
Well, thank God for a media that will ask questions.		216
Al Qaeda is alive and well in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the wars are not receding.		217
Iraq is falling apart.		218
I think no one has ever been re-elected with unemployment over 7.6 percent.		219
At the end of the day, Mitt Romney and Ann Romney are two fine people.		220
According to the FBI and the director of national intelligence, Syria's becoming a perfect platform to strike our nation. I've got a very simple strategy as your president against ISIL. Whatever it takes, as long as it takes, to defeat them.	Intelligence	221
You want to see a war on women? Come with me to Iraq and Afghanistan, folks. I've been there 35 times. I will show you what they do to women.		222
We have gutted our ability to detect the next attack. And I would not stand for that as president of the United States.		223
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 can find a Tip O'Neill.		224
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.		225
We need a president who can solve our problems, bring us together. We're becoming Greece if we don't work together.		226
We need somebody ready to be commander-in-chief on day one, who understands there are no moderates in Iran; they've been killed a long time ago.		301

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