Quotes by Everett Dirksen

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

Click here to go back to main page.

Learn more about Everett Dirksen.