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Everett Dirksen Quotes

I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility Picture Quote #1

There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come Picture Quote #1

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! Picture Quote #1

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, diminishes me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Dirksen’s Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don’t get mad, get even Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The oil can is mightier than the sword Picture Quote #1

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money Picture Quote #1

When I feel the heat, I see the light Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you’re talking big money Picture Quote #1

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it begins to add up to real money Picture Quote #1

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! Picture Quote #1

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, diminishes me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries Picture Quote #1

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The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion Picture Quote #1

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility (Everett Dirksen Quotes) There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come (Everett Dirksen Quotes) 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! (Everett Dirksen Quotes) 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, diminishes me. (Everett Dirksen Quotes) 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 Quotes) Dirksen’s Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don’t get mad, get even (Everett Dirksen Quotes) 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 (Everett Dirksen Quotes) 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 Quotes) The oil can is mightier than the sword (Everett Dirksen Quotes) A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money (Everett Dirksen Quotes) When I feel the heat, I see the light (Everett Dirksen Quotes) 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) A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you’re talking big money (Everett Dirksen Quotes) A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it begins to add up to real money (Everett Dirksen Quotes) 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! (Everett Dirksen Quotes) 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, diminishes me (Everett Dirksen Quotes) 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 (Everett Dirksen Quotes) Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries (Everett Dirksen Quotes) The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion (Everett Dirksen Quotes) I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times (Everett Dirksen Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes)