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

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Attributed to Everett McKinley Dirksen, by John Kriegsman, confidant of Dirksen's and one-time Republican official in Illinois. Kriegsman reportedly heard this and similar statements as off-the-cuff remarks during campaigns and meetings in Illinois. Reported in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989) as not appearing in any formal address or in Dirksen's papers.