Douglas Brinkley, director of the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans, on Trent Lott:
The apologies need to stop. They're starting to make people nauseous.
A close second: Mississippi SCLC executive secretary Stephanie Parker-Weaver:
He's been whistling Dixie for far too long, playing to the bigots and fascists of this state. Well, we say this to you, Trent — it's time to pay the piper. The civil-rights community is the dues collector, and your bill has come due.