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

Quote by Sam Rayburn

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

I like power and I like to use it.

I like power and I like to use it.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Leadership must be established from the top down.

Leadership must be established from the top down.

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of...

Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of...

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading...

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading...

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.