Everett Dirksen quotes

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money. (Everett Dirksen)
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. View quote
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We have been through this is biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again. View quote
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Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come. ... The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in government, in education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here! View quote
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But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business. View quote
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We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary. View quote
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The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion. View quote
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I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan. View quote
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During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected. View quote
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When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. View quote
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When I feel the heat, I see the light. (Everett Dirksen)
When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there. View quote
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There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come. View quote
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When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take the same approach. I engage in deep deliberation and quiet contemplation. I wait to the last available minute and then I always vote with the losers. Because, my friend, the winners never remember and the losers never forget. View quote
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