Everett Dirksen

Everett Dirksen

Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician of the Republican Party.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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Everett Dirksen