Leadership must be established from the top down.

Quote by Sam Rayburn

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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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

I like power and I like to use it.

I like power and I like to use it.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody...

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody...

Leadership has been defined as the ability to hide your panic from others

Leadership has been defined as the ability to hide your panic from others

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what...

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what...

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does,...

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does,...

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how...

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how...

Leaders live by choice, not by accident.

Leaders live by choice, not by accident.