Everett Dirksen
Everett Dirksen
Everett McKinley Dirksenwas an American politician of the Republican Party. He represented Illinois in the House of Representativesand the Senate...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 January 1896
CityPekin, IL
wish alarms expansion
But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business.
moving house body
When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.
law mad politics
Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.
country suicide want
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.
moving senate
The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks.
men principles basic-principles
I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.
real heart community
When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.
heart compassion mind
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
funny money real
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
light heat feels
When I feel the heat, I see the light.
opportunity men color
Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me.
leadership business men
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
army opportunity ideas
Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come. ... The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in government, in education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here!
mightier oil
The oil can is mightier than the sword.