Everett Dirksen

The oil can is mightier than the sword.

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.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.

Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.