Trent Lott: “Was there language in the Supreme Court that indicated this sort of thing might solve their constitutional reservations?”

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

You've got to do that every now and then. Even though you might get your little flak from some of the people within your conference. It's called leadership.

My recommendation to the Congress and to the president would be, quit campaigning, quit having press conferences. Sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.

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.