“ During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected. ”
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“ When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks. ”
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“ The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks. ”
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“ A billion here, a billion there - pretty soon it adds up to real money. ”
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“ We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that "thousands" has almost passed out of the dictionary. ”
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“ When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. ”
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“ A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money. ”
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“ Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even. ”
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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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“ I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility. ”
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“ I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. ”
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“ I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. ”
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“ I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. ”
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“ I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. ”
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“ A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money. ”
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“ I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. ”
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“ Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incomptetents in asylums, who can't are those in cemeteries. ”
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“ I've decided to be a dull, morose bore at these press meetings. It's the only safe course. You give me no choice. I tell a joke and you convert it into an international incident. I coin a whimsical term and you make it appear I am at odds with the President… ”
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“ When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. ”
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“ The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks. ”
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“ When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. ”
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“ We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that "thousands" has almost passed out of the dictionary. ”
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“ When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. ”
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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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“ I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. ”
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“ I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility. ”
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“ A billion here, a billion there - pretty soon it adds up to real money. ”
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