When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take the same approach. I engage in deep deliberation and quiet contemplation. I wait to the last available minute and then I always vote with the losers. Because, my friend, the winners never remember and the losers never forget.


As quoted in Business Wit & Wisdom (2005) by Richard S. Zera, p. 164.

Everett Dirksen Quotes

When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take the same approach. I engage in deep deliberation...

When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take the same approach. I engage in deep deliberation...

When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take the same approach. I engage in deep deliberation...

When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take the same approach. I engage in deep deliberation...