Sam Rayburn Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
Sam Rayburn Quotes and Sayings
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build it.
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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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I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.
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If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.
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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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