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You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too

— Sam Rayburn

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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.

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

Said during filmed conversation with reporters (1953)

Learn to disagree without being disagreeable.

Advice to new congressmen (1949)

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

Well, Lyndon, you may be right and they may be every bit as intelligent as you say, but I'd feel a whole lot better about them if just one of them had run for sheriff once.

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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

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