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
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!
man million second taught watch year
An old man once taught me what a million is. He said, look at your watch, and watch the second hand. You can see it every second, every minute, every day, every night, every week, every month, every year - and in 3 years it would go around 1,000,000 times.
easy finally pockets taken year
I know how easy it is to say, oh, it is only $20,000,000, or, it is only $80,000,000, or it is only $240,000,000 a year that will be taken out of the pockets of the taxpayer. But where will it finally stop? I do not know.
compassion heart match mind persuasion
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion
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It is rather tragic, as I look back upon legislative history for the past 20 years, that there has not been more appraisal, that there has not been more careful assessment of the things which we have set in motion in the legislative branch. That is one particular reason why I think there ought to be an automatic time limit.