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Sam Rayburn
American
Politician
About the author
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
#Time
#Truth
#Son
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.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
#Forget
#Truth
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
#People
#Leader
When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
#Trouble
#Majority
Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
#Congress
#Decisions
#Mistake
The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
#Heart
#Actor
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
#Language
If you want to get along, go along.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
#Want
If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
#Man
#Common sense
A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
I like power and I like to use it.
Sam Rayburn,
American
Politician
#Power