“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 14, 2011
Would it be a political problem for President Obama to announce this year that we are going to keep 15,000 people in Iraq past 2012?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Graham questions the political implications of extending U.S. troop presence in Iraq.

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