The poor taxpayer may wipe his shoes on a $3 doormat when he goes home, but not the Navy. It is, damn the cost, full feet ahead on a doormat you would be ashamed to get muddy. — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big. — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
As chairman of the Senate subcommittee responsible for NASA appropriations, I say not a penny for this nutty fantasy. — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
The FDA and much, but not all, of the orthodox medical profession are actively hostile against vitamins and minerals... They are out to get… — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous. — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
It's hard enougth to find intelligent life right here in Washington! — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
I doubt if there is any occupation which is more consistently and unfairly demeaned, degraded, denounced, and deplored than banking. — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
The recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards. — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking, and is voting for… — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
The last few years have been my happiest. I'm happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die.… — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
The poor taxpayer may wipe his shoes on a $3 doormat when he goes home, but not the Navy. It is, damn the cost,… — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
I have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I have failed. — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer. — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
