We have been through
We have been through this 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. Everett Dirksen
Quotes for All
We have been through this 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. Everett Dirksen
The U.S. Senate – an old scow which doesn’t move very fast, but never sinks. Everett Dirksen
I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility. Everett Dirksen
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. Everett Dirksen
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. 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. Everett Dirksen
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion. Everett Dirksen
Dirksen’s Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don’t get mad, get even. Everett Dirksen
We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that ‘thousands’ has almost passed out of the dictionary. Everett Dirksen
When I feel the heat, I see the light. Everett Dirksen