Everett McKinley Dirksen was an American politician of the Republican Party. He represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. As Senate Minority Leader for a decade, he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s, including helping to write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Open Housing Act of 1968, both landmarks of civil rights legislation. He was also one of the Senate's strongest supporters of the Vietnam War and was known as "The Wizard of Ooze" for his oratorical style.
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.
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.