Trent Lott: “I certainly agree. I have found, as I have gone to my own State and other States, that when people find out what we are…”

When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We`re proud of him. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn`t have had all these problems over all these years either.

I think if they would go back to the old way of getting things done, carefully and systematically, would really help them.

I was always a conservative Republican and I had very strong beliefs about certain things we should or should not do. But also thought that I was sent to Washington by the people of my state not to make a statement but to make a difference…

I was accused of being a compromiser or a deal-maker. I didn't know those were dirty words.