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

Quote by Sam Rayburn

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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...

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.

I like power and I like to use it.

I like power and I like to use it.

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...

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

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

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...

Leadership must be established from the top down.

Leadership must be established from the top down.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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