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There are no degrees in honorableness. You either are or you aren't.
They may be just as intelligent as you say. But I'd feel a helluva lot better if just one of them had ever run for sheriff.
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.
When the concept of Social Security came before the House, every Republican but one voted against it. Had it not been for the Democrats, Social Security would never have passed, and our older people would not have this great support that our people provide. It has been my experience that Democrats generally vote to protect the people, while Republicans seem to try to protect the interests of big business.
Any jackass can kick down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build on.
The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.
Poverty only tries men's souls. It is loneliness that breaks the heart.
Don't ever talk until you know what you are talking about.
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
In my many years as a Representative in Congress it is my observation that the district that is best represented is the district that is wise enough to select a man of energy, intelligence, and integrity and reelects him year after year. A man of this type and character serves more efficiently and effectively the longer he is returned by his people.
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'
Let the other fellow get the headlines. I'll take the laws.
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.
If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.