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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/i-have-said-with-respect-to-authorization-bills-that-i-do-not-want/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

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## More by Everett Dirksen

> [When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/when-a-member-of-the-house-moves-over-to-the-senate-he-raises-the-iq/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

> [The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/the-u-s-senate-an-old-scow-which-doesn-t-move-very-fast-but-never/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/stronger-than-all-the-armies-is-an-idea-thats-time-has-come-the-time/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/during-a-political-campaign-everyone-is-concerned-with-what-a/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

> [“We have two parties here, and only two. One is the evil party, and the other is the stupid party. Occasionally, the two parties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/we-have-two-parties-here-and-only-two-one-is-the-evil-party-and-the/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

> [When I feel the heat, I see the light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/when-i-feel-the-heat-i-see-the-light/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

> [I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/i-am-a-man-of-fixed-and-unbending-principles-the-first-of-which-is-to/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

> [The oil can is mightier than the sword.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/the-oil-can-is-mightier-than-the-sword/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

> [Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/dirksen-s-three-laws-of-politics-1-get-elected-2-get-re-elected-3-don/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

> [We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that housands has almost passed out of the dictionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/we-are-becoming-so-accustomed-to-millions-and-billions-of-dollars/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/we-have-been-through-this-biennial-convulsion-four-or-five-different/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

> [A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/a-billion-here-a-billion-there-and-pretty-soon-you-re-talking-about/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

> [There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/there-is-no-force-so-powerful-as-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

> [But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/but-the-basic-difficulty-still-remains-it-is-the-expansion-of-federal/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

> [The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everett-dirksen/the-mind-is-no-match-with-the-heart-in-persuasion-constitutionality/)

[Everett Dirksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everett-dirksen/)

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