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Everett Dirksen
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“I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”
Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Caught Between the Dog and the Fireplug, or, How to Survive Public Service (2001) by Kenneth H. Ashworth, p. 11
“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.”
Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Business Wit & Wisdom (2005) by Richard S. Zera, p. 164
“Stronger than all the armies is an idea that's 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!”
Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Paraphrasing Victor Hugo when speaking about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (10 June 1964)
“There are gentle men in whom gentility finally destroys whatever of iron there was in their souls. There are iron men in whom the iron corroded whatever gentility they possessed. There are men—not many to be sure—in whom the gentility and the iron were preserved in proper balance, each of these attributes to be summoned up as the occasion requires. Such a man was Harry Byrd.”
Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement in tribute to Harry F. Byrd upon his passing, quoted decades later to pay tribute to Harry F. Byrd Jr. by Frank B. Atkinson, Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 11, 2013, "Gentility and Iron, The Legacy of Harry F…
“We have been through this 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.”
Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks in the Senate on a resolution to amend Senate Rule 22 (cloture), Congressional Record (January 11, 1967), vol. 113, p. 182