William Proxmire Quotes

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• The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking, and is voting for the…
• The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big.
• The last few years have been my happiest. Im happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die. I…
• As chairman of the Senate subcommittee responsible for NASA appropriations, I say not a penny for this nutty fantasy.
• The FDA and much, but not all, of the orthodox medical profession are actively hostile against vitamins and minerals... They are out to get the…
• 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…
• Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
• 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.
• He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer.

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