Trent Lott Quotes

• Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.

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  Doe, Discrimination, Policy

  "Lott: Tripped up by history" by Dan Goodgame, Karen Tumulty, www.cnn.com. December 16, 2002.

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• We can support our troops without supporting our president.

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  Support, President, Troops

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• I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either.

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  Country, Years, President

  Remarks at Strom Thurmond's one-hundredth birthday party, Washington, D.C., 5 Dec. 2002.

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• Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me.

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  Differences, Looks

  "Sen. Trent Lott: 'Iraqis Look Like Iraqis And Americans Look Like Americans'". "The Daily Show", thinkprogress.org. October 3, 2006.

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• The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's greatest generations.

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  Military, America, People

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• Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.

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  Tyrants, Lasts, Choke

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• If the president comes forward with a strong, qualified nominee, if he, you know, addresses the agenda, if he takes actions, including dealing with perhaps some personnel decisions, I think that people will show that he is moving forward and doing the right thing for our country.

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  Country, Strong, Moving

  "Transcript: Sens. Dodd, Lott on 'FNS'". "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. October 30, 2005.

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• Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.

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  Running, America, Radio

  "Transcript: Sens. Lott, Feinstein on 'FOX News Sunday'". "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. June 24, 2007.

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• I understand what's going on in people's minds, and I think the political leaders better be asking themselves 'why is it, that Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and maybe even others are having the impact that they are having?'

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  Thinking, Impact, People

  "Two Former Senators Share Thoughts On The 2016 Campaign". "Here & Now" with Jeremy Hobson, www.wbur.org. January 25, 2016.

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• Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to do for one's self.

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  War, Self, Government

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• I am an advocate of having a gold dollar with Reagan's picture on it, and calling it the Ronnie. The Canadians have the Loonie, and we can have the Ronnie.

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  Gold, Dollars, Calling

  "The Way We Live Now: 6-20-04: Questions For Trent Lott; All's Fair". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. June 20, 2004.

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• One of the things I really want is for people to feel the civic responsibility, and not just refuse to vote out of protest.

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  Responsibility, People, Want

  "Two Former Senators Share Thoughts On The 2016 Campaign". "Here & Now" with Jeremy Hobson, www.wbur.org. January 25, 2016.

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• There are people who don't vote for a lot of reasons, sometimes as a statement.

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  People, Vote, Sometimes

  "Two Former Senators Share Thoughts On The 2016 Campaign". "Here & Now" with Jeremy Hobson, www.wbur.org. January 25, 2016.

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• It seems that nearly every American either has a share of federal spending or has a close relative who does.

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  Doe, Share, Spending

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• A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.

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  Apology, Past, Choices

  "Lott Apologizes for Remark". www.foxnews.com. December 12, 2002.

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• My job as majority leader is be supportive of our troops, try to have input as decisions are made and to look at those decisions after they're made ... not to march in lock step with everything the president decides to do.

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  Jobs, Majority Leader, Decision

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• When you're in this type of conflict, when you're at war, civil liberties are treated differently.

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  War, Liberty, Conflict

  "The Surveillance Society" by Adam L. Penenberg, www.wired.com. December 01, 2001.

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• I'm like a woman scorned. I'm prepared to continue to kick their fanny until the last day I'm alive on this Earth because they have mistreated too many people.

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  People, Alive, Earth

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• It is America, I don't want the government trying to control more of my life. I want less government control, and I think there are too many government regulations, laws and taxes on the books.

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  Book, Thinking, Government

  "Two Former Senators Share Thoughts On The 2016 Campaign". "Here & Now" with Jeremy Hobson, www.wbur.org. January 25, 2016.

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• [Congress] is not the British Parliament, and I hope it never will become the British Parliament... Are we going to bring the president in here and have a question period like the prime minister has in Great Britain?

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  President, Prime, Ministers

  "A Jolly Good Show, but the Wrong Side of the Pond" by Dana Milbank, www.washingtonpost.com. June 12, 2007.

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• While it may take generations of nurturing, nations founded on and grounded in freedom will eventually overcome and prosper. Once free, folks rarely accept anything less, and that includes Iraqis.

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  Overcoming, Generations, May

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• The vision of a nation formed from many different peoples bound together by a common love of freedom was staked out long before our lifetimes or even our parents' or grandparents' lifetimes.

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  Long, Grandparent, Vision

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• I want the President to look across the country and find the best man woman or minority that he can find

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  Country, Men, President

  "Slate's Politics: The White House Miers Debacle". "Day to Day" with Noah Adams, www.npr.org. October 27, 2005.

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• Money is becoming one of the most corrosive elements of politics.

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  Becoming One, Elements, Becoming

  "Two Former Senators Share Thoughts On The 2016 Campaign". "Here & Now" with Jeremy Hobson, www.wbur.org. January 25, 2016.

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• Why do they kill people of other religions because of religion? Why do they hate the Israelis and despise their right to exist? Why do they hate each other? Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me.

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  Hate, Differences, People

  "Lott: Bush barely mentioned Iraq in meeting with Senate Republicans" by Ted Barrett, edition.cnn.com. September 28, 2006.

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