Sam Rayburn — American Politician born on January 06, 1882, died on November 16, 1961

Samuel Taliaferro "Sam" Rayburn was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for 17 years, the longest tenure in U.S. history. He is one of six Speakers to serve more than one non-consecutive term, and the only Democrat to do so. Along with Henry Clay, he is one of only two to serve three different terms as Speaker... (wikipedia)

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.
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.