Sam Rayburn Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Sam Rayburn
Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If you want to get along, go along. — Sam Rayburn
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
In my many years as a Representative in Congress it is my observation that the district that is best represented is the district that is wise enough to select a man of energy, intelligence, and integrity and reelects him year after year. A man of this type and character serves more efficiently and effectively the longer he is returned by his people. — Sam Rayburn
Son, if you can't take their money, drink their whiskey, screw their women, and then vote against 'em, you don't deserve to be here. — Sam Rayburn
When the concept of Social Security came before the House, every Republican but one voted against it. Had it not been for the Democrats, Social Security would never have passed, and our older people would not have this great support that our people provide. It has been my experience that Democrats generally vote to protect the people, while Republicans seem to try to protect the interests of big business. — Sam Rayburn
Any man who will cheat for you will cheat against you. — Sam Rayburn
Don't ever talk until you know what you are talking about. — Sam Rayburn
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one. — Sam Rayburn
There's no education in the second kick of a mule — Sam Rayburn
A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice. — Sam Rayburn
A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one. — Sam Rayburn
There are no degrees in honorableness. You either are or you aren't. — Sam Rayburn
They may be just as intelligent as you say. But I'd feel a helluva lot better if just one of them had ever run for sheriff. — Sam Rayburn
I like power and I like to use it. — Sam Rayburn
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too. — Sam Rayburn
Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time. — Sam Rayburn
Any jackass can kick down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build on. — Sam Rayburn
Let the other fellow get the headlines. I'll take the laws. — Sam Rayburn
Readiness for opportunity makes for success. Opportunity often comes by accident; readiness never does. — Sam Rayburn
Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions. — Sam Rayburn
If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is. — Sam Rayburn
The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart. — Sam Rayburn
When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.' — Sam Rayburn