64 Quotes by Trent Lott

In the summer of 2002...the President began lobbying for an open-ended resolution empowering him to wage war on Iraq.... Bush had made clear his intentions to wage war on Iraq in several of our private meetings.

I am absolutely satisfied that if we are going to have a major conflict again in Iraq, that Congress will be involved, that there will be time for a debate,

I am not going to allow this issue to be used for political purposes,

I couldn't argue with the words he chose. But the tone he employed was devastating ... booming and nasty.

There are people who don't vote for a lot of reasons, sometimes as a statement.

Money is becoming one of the most corrosive elements of politics.

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

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.

One of the things I really want is for people to feel the civic responsibility, and not just refuse to vote out of protest.