The recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards.
William ProxmirePower always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
William ProxmireI have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I have failed.
William ProxmireThe limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big.
William Proxmire