Sam Rayburn Quotes

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

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

Don’t try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don’t ever talk until you know what you’re talking about… If you want to get along, go along.

Son, if you can’t take their money, drink their whiskey, screw their women, and then vote against ’em, you don’t deserve to be here.

If you want to get along, go along.

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