Carl Hayden

"No other man has had the distinction of serving this long in Congress, and I venture to say it will be a long time before another does. — Strom Thurmond"

"He has assisted so many projects for so many senators that when old Carl wants something for his beloved Arizona, his fellow senators fall all over themselves giving him a hand. They'd probably vote l…"

"This man knows the legislative process as few others have learned them. He knows that legislation is compromise, he knows that there must be give and take, and he knows how legislative work is accompl…"

"Never give your enemies any more reason than they already have to go on hating you."

"I'd call Congress together, have the House elect a new speaker, and then I'd resign and let him become president"

"Because Arizona has two things people will drive thousands of miles to see — Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest. They can't get there without roads."

"Every Federal program which has contributed to the development of the West—irrigation, power, reclamation—bears his mark, and the great Federal highway program which binds this country, together, whic…"

"No man in Senate history has wielded more influence with less oratory."