Trent Lott quotes

Trent Lott is an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Mississippi and as Senate Majority Leader. A prominent figure in the Republican Party, he played a key role in shaping legislative priorities during his tenure. He is recognized for his leadership skills and his influence on national policy during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Here are 26 of his quotes:

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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I don't agree with the libertarians. I want my security first. I'll deal with all the details after that.

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The filibuster of federal district and circuit judges cannot stand. ... It's bad for the institution. It's wrong. It's not supportable under the Constitution. And if they insist on persisting with these filibusters, I'm perfectly prepared to blow the place up. No problem.

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

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Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.

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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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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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You could say that I favored segregation then. I don't now.

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The spirit of Jefferson Davis lives in the 1984 Republican Platform.

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I'm sure you petroleum folks understand that solar power will solve all our problems. How much money have we blown on that? This is the hippies' program from the seventies and they're still pushing this stuff.

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This is not the way it has been done. We would never surprise each other ... It's not to say that there's not important information that we could discuss or would be discussed in secret or closed session, but I'm astounded by this. I don't really know what the tenor of this is, what is the justification for it and why this extreme approach was used.

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I support the Kinder-Guardians program. We in America would be wise to implement it, too. It's something that we should think about, America, about putting guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens, good guys, whether they be teachers or whether they actually be talented children or highly-trained preschoolers.

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We need more meetings like this across the nation. The people in this room stand for the right principles and the right philosophy.

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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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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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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 the years, either.

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I've already seen enough. Why would I want to go see a bunch of perverted pictures?

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The platform we had in Dallas, the 1984 Republican platform, all the ideas we supported there - from tax policy, to foreign policy; from individual rights, to neighborhood security - are things that Jefferson Davis and his people believed in.

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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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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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Most Americans in both red and blue states reject and resent the message being sent by Hollywood and some in the media that values are subjective, to be defined by the individual and not by God.

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I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers.

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