"During a political campaign everyone is concerned with……" — 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 candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected."
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17 Quotes by Everett Dirksen
Everett Dirksen has 17 quotes on this site.
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The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
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Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and…
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When I feel the heat, I see the light.
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We have been through this is biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years,…
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When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds…
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Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for…
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When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.
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Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.
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A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
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I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
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I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit…
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But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my…
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No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
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I'm always busy, but I'm lazy as well.
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