Quotes by Charles Pickering

“We need to understand the perspective of the other race, and we need to understand that compromise is not a dirty word.”

“Mississippi, in trying to promote racial harmony, is on the right track at the right station doing the right thing.”

“I thought I was uncontroversial, and I thought I would just slide through. I naively told people that I was a non-controversial nominee.”

“They accuse the Bush nominees of being out of the mainstream of American thought, but polls indicate clearly that the positions they (liberal special interest groups) hold are the ones that are way, way out of the mainstream of American thought.”

“Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told Trent Lott (R-MS), and told my son this voluntarily, ‘Were going to confirm your dad by December.’ The groups said, ‘No, not so fast’; so they were calling the shots, they were calling the tempo,”

“I knew in advance what they were going to say about John Roberts. They were going to say that he was a threat to these rights. That he was out of the mainstream, and they said that before they had ever researched his record. Doesnt matter.”

“What happened to me is not that important in the scheme of things,” he said. “But what is happening to the judiciary is tremendously important to all Americans. So, Im not bitter - my spirits are good. My faith has not been weakened. Gods grace indeed is sufficient.”

“The city has not yet committed to putting a millage on the ballot to support funding for the project,”

“When weve got a group thats as enthusiastic as they are and that has the energy and desire to make something work, I want to make sure we tap into that, ... You dont get that kind of enthusiasm very often.”

“I believe that its going to be a tremendous fund-raiser,”