Everett Dirksen Quotes

Everett Dirksen — American Politician born on January 04, 1896, died on September 07, 1969

Everett McKinley Dirksen was an American politician of the Republican Party. He represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate... (wikipedia)

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

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.

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.

There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

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.

Everett Dirksen Quotes

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