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 Copy Share Image
When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks. — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come. ... The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in… — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the… — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
“We have two parties here, and only two. One is the evil party, and the other is the stupid party. Occasionally, the two parties… — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even. — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that housands has almost passed out of the dictionary. — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
We have been through this biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that… — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money. — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we… — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion. — Everett Dirksen Copy Share
