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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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