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Trent Lott
16 quotes
“The spirit of Jefferson Davis lives in the 1984 Republican Platform.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech before the Sons of Confederate Veterans (1984), as quoted in The Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi (2010), by Michael Newton, p. 195.
“We need more meetings like this across the nation. The people in this room stand for the right principles and the right philosophy.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To the CCC (1992), as quoted in The Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi (2010), by Michael Newton, p. 195.
“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.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On solar energy in a speech to the Independent Petroleum Association of America, as quoted in The Washington Post (23 May 1997).
“You could say that I favored segregation then. I don't now.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Time magazine, as quoted in The Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi (2010), by Michael Newton, p. 195.
“I have made my condemnation of the white supremacist and racist view of this group, or any group, clear.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To The Washington Post (1998), as quoted in The Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi (2010), by Michael Newton, p. 195.
“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.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the closure of the Senate to discuss intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq (1 November 2005), as quoted in The Associated Press (1 November 2005).
“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.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Strom Thurmond, from a speech at Thurmond's 100th birthday party (5 December 2002)
“I've already seen enough. Why would I want to go see a bunch of perverted pictures?”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On why he did not want to review more evidence during congressional hearings regarding the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, as quoted in The New York Times (2004).
“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.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Ronald Reagan, as quoted in an interview in the New York Times Sunday Magazine (20 June 2004).
“I want the President to look across the country and find the best man woman or minority that he can find.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't agree with the libertarians. I want my security first. I'll deal with all the details after that.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On security versus liberty, as quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer (17 December 2005).
“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.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Sunnis and Shia, as quoted in CNN (2006).
“[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?”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On whether to hold a "vote of no confidence" in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, as quoted in Dana Milbank, "A Jolly Good Show, but the Wrong Side of the Pond" The Washington Post 2007-06-12.
“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.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On filibustering, as quoted in The Clarion-Ledger (23 May 2003), "Lott aims to change filibuster rules
“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.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We don't need a lot of Jim DeMint disciples. As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them.”
Trent Lott (born 1941) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: as quoted in the The Washington Post, "Republican lawmakers gird for rowdy tea party", (18 July May 2010)