r in theic orato old-school style. record herammy for a did, just reading sheet music patriotic speeches with music in the background. quite a popular piece of the time. >> down through the years, there brave, gallant men who have died that others might be free. ♪ dirksen, just as a popular who also represented a great spirit of bipartisanship, because he was by my -- the minority leader in the senate. 35 senators on his side of the aisle, which is a small minority. his boats were critical in the days when it took 2/3 to avoid a filibuster. if they were going to stop a filibuster, they needed everett dirksen's support. act, the rights dirksen treaty, once agreed to whatever the compromise was, enough votes would come on board for the majority to prevail. everett dirksen was extremely important at his time. it seemed fitting to name the building after him. liked to say he was a man of principle. one of his greatest principles was to maintain flexibility at all times. that made him a very agile senator and a man who unde