Lloyd Bentsen famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I knew Jack Kennedy; Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.
-- Lloyd Bentsen

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I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.
-- Lloyd Bentsen

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Fellow from Texas can tell the difference between grass-roots and AstroTurf.
-- Lloyd Bentsen

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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
The result of the revolution in Germany has been to establish a democracy in the best sense of the word.Â We are steering towards an order of things guaranteeing a process of a natural and reasonable selection in the domain of political leadership, thanks to which that leadership will be entrusted to the most competent, irrespective of their descent, name or fortune.Â The memorable words of the great Corsican that every soldier carries a Field Marshal's baton in his knapsack, will find its political complement in Germany.
I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.
The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?
Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.

Lloyd Bentsen famous quotes

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