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
political politics campaigns
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.
inspirational change funny-life
Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.
becoming dollars billions
We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.
past years agony
We have been through this is biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again.
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.