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Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks.
When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.
Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come ... The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in government, in education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here!
Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.
I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.
We have been through this is biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again.
We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
When I feel the heat, I see the light.
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
