Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
283
AUTHOR:
Sam Rayburn (1882–1961)
QUOTATION:
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.
ATTRIBUTION:
Speaker of the House SAM RAYBURN, on the weekly radio broadcast, “Texas Forum of the Air,” November 1, 1942.—Congressional Record, November 2, 1942, vol. 88, Appendix, p. A3866.
