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

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

Sam Rayburn quotes: There are no degrees in honorableness. You either are or you aren't.

There are no degrees in honorableness. You either are or you aren't.

Sam Rayburn quotes: Poverty only tries men's souls. It is loneliness that breaks the heart.

Poverty only tries men's souls. It is loneliness that breaks the heart.

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

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

Sam Rayburn quotes: If you want to get along, go along.

If you want to get along, go along.

Sam Rayburn quotes: Don't ever talk until you know what you are talking about.

Don't ever talk until you know what you are talking about.

Sam Rayburn quotes: Any man who will cheat for you will cheat against you.

Any man who will cheat for you will cheat against you.

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

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

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

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

Sam Rayburn quotes: Readiness for opportunity makes for success. Opportunity often comes by accident; readiness never does.

Readiness for opportunity makes for success. Opportunity often comes by accident; readiness never does.

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

I like power and I like to use it.

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

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

Sam Rayburn quotes: Let the other fellow get the headlines. I'll take the laws.

Let the other fellow get the headlines. I'll take the laws.

Sam Rayburn quotes: A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

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

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

Sam Rayburn quotes: 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.

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 quotes: When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'

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

Sam Rayburn quotes: 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.

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 quotes: There's no education in the second kick of a mule

There's no education in the second kick of a mule

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

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

Sam Rayburn quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Any jackass can kick down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build on.

Any jackass can kick down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build on.

Sam Rayburn quotes: A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.

A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.

Sam Rayburn quotes: 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.

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.