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.

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.

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

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

I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.

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

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.