Lindsey Graham

If being intelligent, brilliant, a superb lawyer, the greatest legal mind of your generation and well qualified is not enough, what is

People are mad as hell.

I think history will say that George W. Bush knocked it out of the park when he selected John Roberts to be chief justice of the United States.

What we're trying to look for is a process that is not responding to political pressures, but one that is responding to economic reality, because I do believe ... that it's in the best interest of the Chinese people to allow a market-based currency.

The one thing I've learned about this guy that he loves the law more than politics. He's not an ideologue. But he is a true strict constructionist, believing in a limited role of a federal judge in our society.

the kind of man you were, how you lived your life, what kind of lawyer you were, not your allegiance to a particular cause.

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.

We're failing when it comes to controlling spending.

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.

Conservatives have a different view of a lot of issues versus our friends on the other side. The election determines how that shakes out.

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

The politics of judges is getting to be red hot.

The President's focus on Social Security as a national problem demonstrates his willingness to lead where others have chosen to demagogue.

Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality.

There are points in time when the president looks into the camera and makes a pretty compelling acquitting of himself about how he feels about what Ken Starr has done to him, to his family, to his friends, and how he thought the Paula Jones case was politically motivated, and I think he's very sincere. You can tell this has hurt the guy.

When asked if one of those Jane Does ... That is possible. That scenario has been brewing for a long time.

The green we're looking for today is not four-leaf clovers. For Ralph to be successful, he needs money.

If it was a fight, nobody laid a glove on him. He did a great job. The only way he could be vetoed is through a filibuster, and after his opening statement today I don't think anyone could ever get the political capital to mount a filibuster against this guy.

Until they start playing by the rules, our manufacturing industry will continue to bleed jobs because of unfair Chinese trade practices.

Your president obstructed justice, in a mean way. For God's sake, get to the truth figure our what kind of person we have here in the White House.

I think this will be seen in history and in politics as Mr. Libby giving false information, if proven, and it will not be about an effort by the vice president to disclose a CIA operative.

For us to put the vote off ... I have to be convinced that it's more than a fig leaf, that it's real reform.

We're already talking about the next nominee in code, ... It will not be easy for those (Democrats) who choose to side with Roberts, because (their party is) trying to drive down the vote numbers because of the next person to come.

Basically this stops national testing dead in the water for this year.

putting too much pressure on the men and women in uniform.