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Everett Dirksen quotes: There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

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

Everett Dirksen quotes: Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.

Everett Dirksen quotes: I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.

I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.

Everett Dirksen quotes: 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.

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 Dirksen quotes: I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

Everett Dirksen quotes: Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.

Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.

Everett Dirksen quotes: When I feel the heat, I see the light.

When I feel the heat, I see the light.

Everett Dirksen quotes: We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.

Everett Dirksen quotes: The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks.

The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks.

Everett Dirksen quotes: The oil can is mightier than the sword.

The oil can is mightier than the sword.

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

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

Everett Dirksen quotes: When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.

When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.

Everett Dirksen quotes: I am a man of principles, and my first principle is flexibility.

I am a man of principles, and my first principle is flexibility.

Everett Dirksen quotes: The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.

The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.

Everett Dirksen quotes: 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.

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.