Everett Dirksen

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

The oil can is mightier than the sword.

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

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

I would have never signed the Patriot Act. I would have never signed the National Defense Authorization Act allowing for arrests and detainment of you and me as U.S. citizens without being charged.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.