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.

Quote by Sam Rayburn

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Leadership must be established from the top down.

Leadership must be established from the top down.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

I like power and I like to use it.

I like power and I like to use it.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this...

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this...

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that...

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that...

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...