A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. — Everett McKinley Dirksen
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. — Everett McKinley Dirksen
We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that “thousands” has almost passed out of the dictionary. — Everett McKinley Dirksen
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion. — Everett McKinley Dirksen
But the basic difficulty still remains: it is the expansion of federal power — Everett McKinley Dirksen
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. — Everett McKinley Dirksen
When a member of the house moves over to the senate, he raises the iq of both bodies. — Everett McKinley Dirksen
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. — Everett McKinley Dirksen
A billion here and a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money. — Everett McKinley Dirksen
