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

When I feel the heat, I see the light.

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

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

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.

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.