I like power and I like to use it.

Quote by Sam Rayburn

Topics: Power 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.'

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have...

You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have...

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

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

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

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

Leadership must be established from the top down.

Leadership must be established from the top down.

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to...

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to...

You have to be burning with 'An idea, or a problem, or a wrong that...

You have to be burning with 'An idea, or a problem, or a wrong that...

The first person to appreciate the good points of others is always special in life...

The first person to appreciate the good points of others is always special in life...

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone - even when the crowd...

A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone - even when the crowd...

To be a better listener you have to be less selfish and more curious.

To be a better listener you have to be less selfish and more curious.