Dirksen

[ durk-suhn ]

noun

1. Everett McKinley, 1896–1969, U.S. politician.

Example Sentences

“Stronger than all the armies is an idea whose time has come,” Dirksen declared.

From The Daily Beast

And No. 3: Everett Dirksen passed the Civil Rights Act, pal.

From The Daily Beast

To paraphrase the great Republican leader Everett Dirksen: marriage equality is an idea whose time has come.

From The Daily Beast

And then there was the grandiloquent Republican leader Everett Dirksen.

From The Daily Beast

I dont know of many people who refer to the civil rights bill as the Everett Dirksen bill.

From The Daily Beast

I called Mr. Dirksen and asked him for a glossy of the picture which the Associated Press sent out over the wire service.

From Project Gutenberg

Botha at first acquiesced in this abandonment, but Dirksen himself telegraphed to Kruger what had happened.

From Project Gutenberg