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The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks.


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

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



Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.



Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me.

Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me.




When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.



A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.



But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business.

But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business.



The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.

The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.



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.

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.



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

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





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I don't care what you do. As long as you know you belong to me.



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I don't think of my opponents in the sense that I don't think of them consciously, I don't steer it one way or the other.

I don't think of my opponents in the sense that I don't think of them consciously, I don't steer it one way or the other.



I don't want to spend my life explaining myself. You either get it, or you don't.

I don't want to spend my life explaining myself. You either get it, or you don't.



What we're seeking to do is internalize perception. Perception is very much involved with the senses and the mental processes and the emotional processes.

What we're seeking to do is internalize perception. Perception is very much involved with the senses and the mental processes and the emotional processes.



My grandmother valued even the smallest of things.

My grandmother valued even the smallest of things.



Maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of, 'a transitional living fund.' For that is what it is - for people to be able to live.

Maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of, 'a transitional living fund.' For that is what it is - for people to be able to live.




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