Famous Quotes by Everett Dirksen
- "Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums who can't and those in cemeteries." —Everett Dirksen on Inspirational
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Everett Dirksen (1896-1969), Illinois Republican Senator, civil rights proponent.
Sourced
- Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come.
- Quoting Victor Hugo when speaking about the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [1]
- I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
- When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take the same approach. I engage in deep deliberation and quiet contemplation. I wait to the last available minute and then I always vote with the losers. Because, my friend, the winners never remember and the losers never forget.
- Peter Norvig's Website [3]
- Some of my friends support the measure, and some of my friends oppose it. I support my friends.
- Answering a question about a controversial senate bill. Quoted on a political talk show on WBEZ FM in Chicago. [4]
Misattributed
- "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you're talking real money."
Although often quoted, it seems Dirksen never actually said this. The Dirksen Congressional Research Center made an extensive search[5] when fully 25% of enquiries to them were about the quotation. They could find Dirksen did say "a billion here, a billion there", and things close to that, but not the "pretty soon you're talking real money" part. They had one gentleman report to them he had asked Dirksen about it on an airflight and got the reply, "Oh, I never said that. A newspaper fella misquoted me once, and I thought it sounded so good that I never bothered to deny it."
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