Sam Rayburn Quotes
A United States politician from Texas. He served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives for 17 years, and he is widely regarded as the most effective Speaker of the House in American history.
(1882 - 1961)
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.
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If you can't eat their food, drink their liquor, sleep with their women, and then vote against them, then you don't belong in politics.
[Politics]
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If you want to get along, go along.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
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The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.
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Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
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When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'
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You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
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You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.
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