Alben Barkley Quotes & Sayings

I shouldn't toot my own horn, but he who doth not toot his own horn alloweth it to remain untooteth. — Alben W. Barkley

For six years profound silence was mistaken for profound wisdom. — Alben W. Barkley

The best audience is intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk. — Alben W. Barkley

I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty. — Alben W. Barkley

The longest prayer Peter ever prayed in the Senate-that of March 10, 1947, at the time of Mrs. Alben Barkley's death-took two minutes; the shortest, that which opened the Second Session of the Eightieth Congress-was exactly 36 words long and took a matter of seconds. — Peter Marshall

The best definition that I heard of that is that a bureaucrat is a Democrat who has a job that a Republican wants. — Alben W. Barkley