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.
I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility. - Everett Dirksen
I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.
- Everett Dirksen
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… - Everett Dirksen
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…
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion. - Everett Dirksen
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even. - Everett Dirksen
Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.
Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, dimin… - Everett Dirksen
Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, dimin…
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
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.
The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks. - Everett Dirksen
The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks.
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… - Everett Dirksen
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…
When I feel the heat, I see the light. - Everett Dirksen
When I feel the heat, I see the light.
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