Barack Obama posts his statement commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and quotes Everett Dirksen.
?Stronger than all armies is an idea whose time has come. The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing of government, in education, and in employment. It must not be stayed or denied.?
Come January, he’ll be inhabiting the same Senate Seat seat (in the historical sense) that Dirksen did. Just in case you weren’t paying attention.