Harry F. Byrd

“There is nothing more pathetic than a politician who has lost his nerve.”

“Economy is the first and great article in my financial creed. The second is, pay as you go.”

“The tendency of the Federal Government is to centralize and assume functions that are not delegated to it by the Constitution.”

“The first and great commandment is, Don't let the people vote on what they think is the issue.”

“I shall never be a candidate for President. I am a Senator from Virginia, and there I expect to remain.”

“If Virginia surrenders on this issue, she will go down in history as an example of supine submission.”

“I will not be a party to any program that would socialize medicine.”

“A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead ten or fifteen years.”

“A balanced budget is the foundation of a sound economy.”

“I came to the conclusion long ago that the United States of America is not a democracy, it is a republic.”

“I am for a government of laws, not of men.”

“The people of Virginia are not going to be intimidated.”