"A million here and a million there, and pretty soon you're talking real money."

[James Smith]

US Senator Everett Dirksen is quoted often as having
said, "A million here and a million there, and pretty
soon you're talking real money."  Numerous web-sites
attribute several variations (mostly using "billion"
instead of "million") on this statement to the
Senator.

No doubt, recognizing the quotable gem he had uttered,
Sen Dirksen repeated this phrase often and probably
with slight variations.  But when and where did he
first use the phrase, and exactly what did he say?
Anyone know?

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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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