"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.“


-Lindsey Graham

posted in politics


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.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"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."

-Lindsey Graham

warView Quote
"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."

-Lindsey Graham

strengthView Quote
"President Obama chose politics over leadership. 'Hope' and 'Change' have become bait-and-switch."

-Lindsey Graham

politicsView Quote
"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."

-Lindsey Graham

politicsView Quote
"The politics of judges is getting to be red hot."

-Lindsey Graham

politicsView Quote
"The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous."

-Lindsey Graham

legalView Quote

More Quotes About politics

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other."

-H. Rap Brown

politicsView Quote
"On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity."

-Mark Udall

politicsView Quote
"The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been, that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something."

-Eric Sevareid

politicsView Quote
"We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal."

-Richard Dreyfuss

politicsView Quote
"First, take the government of the Indians out of politics second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites third, give the Indian the ballot."

-George Crook

politicsView Quote
"Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one."

-Gary Ackerman

politicsView Quote