Sam Rayburn Quotes

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
Sam Rayburn

Cannot, Leader, Ask

If you want to get along, go along.
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

Down, Takes, Build

When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'
Sam Rayburn

Big, Trouble, Majority

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
Sam Rayburn

Good, Down, Takes

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

Truth, Forget, Remember

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
Sam Rayburn

Good, Try, Wait

I like power and I like to use it.
Sam Rayburn

If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.
Sam Rayburn

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
Sam Rayburn

Person, Language, Mouth

Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
Sam Rayburn

Time, Truth, Remember

The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.
Sam Rayburn

Heart, Real, Actor

Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
Sam Rayburn

Decisions, Congress, Mistake

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: January 6, 1882

Died: November 16, 1961

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