Trent Lott People Quotations

The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's greatest generations.

The platform we had in Dallas, the 1984 Republican platform, all the ideas we supported there - from tax policy, to foreign policy; from individual rights, to neighborhood security - are things that Jefferson Davis and his people believed in.

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

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.

Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to do for one's self.

I understand what's going on in people's minds, and I think the political leaders better be asking themselves 'why is it, that Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and maybe even others are having the impact that they are having?'

I think the important thing is for the president to show action. The people in America want to know that we're listening to them and their concerns.

I'm like a woman scorned. I'm prepared to continue to kick their fanny until the last day I'm alive on this Earth because they have mistreated too many people.