Political Quotes

“I join my fellow Senators in wishing my colleague, Trent Lott, the best of luck as he begins the next chapter in his life. You are getting to hear your eulogies today, Trent, and they are pretty good. Most of us never think we will have that opportunity. Senator Lott and I sure have had our differences in the 11 years I have served in the Senate, and I guess we always will when it comes to some issues, but serving together this past year as whips for our respective parties has given me a chance to work closely with Trent on a number of issues and this I can say: Trent Lott is a committed Republican. He can be a partisan, but he cares about the Senate. He understands that politics, in the Senate and in life, is the art of compromise. He has been willing to reach across the aisle to try to find a way to make the Senate work and make our Government work and I respect him very much for that. F. Scott Fitzgerald famously declared that: 'There are no second acts in American lives.' Well, Mr. Fitzgerald obviously didn't meet Trent Lott. In the first act, Trent Lott began his career on Capitol Hill working for a Democratic Congressman from Mississippi. He then, of course, was elected as a Republican Congressman from the same State. He spent nearly four decades in Congress serving the people of Mississippi.”