"There was nothing about the 1948 election or the Dixiecrat agenda that should have been acceptable

"There was nothing about the 1948 election or the Dixiecrat agenda that should have been acceptable in any way to any American at that time or any American now."
Secretary of State Colin Powell
On Trent Lott's comments of regret that Sen. Strom Thurmond was not elected president when he ran on a segregationist platform in 1948.
"There is an impression being made that we are creating a Fortress America."
Rick Webster
Spokesman for the Travel Industry Association of America, which says the nation's $91 billion foreign tourism industry is in peril because of security crackdowns since Sept. 11, 2001.