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

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.

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.

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.

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

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