It is difficult to apply brakes sometimes once momentum has developed. Sometimes it is possible to apply the brakes. and sometimes the momentum carries with it more force than it is possible to restrain with the power of brakes. The proposal that is now being moved for consideration is. in my opinion. a prelude to a future and possibly an impending attack on the seniority system. to an attack on the Immigration and Naturalization Act. to an attack on the International Security Act. to an attack on the Smith Act. and possibly to attacks on many other statutes and rules of procedure. I assert that if the civil rights bill which has been proposed in the Senate were to be adopted today. the opponents of free debate and the opponents of the present rule would continue to attack the principle the rule embodies. until they could finally achieve what they ultimately desire. namely. cloture by a majority. They would continue to strive for a stronger and stronger cloture rule until they had achieved their ultimate objective. which is plain majority rule in the Senate.
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