Sam Rayburn

How To Beat A Jackass

Trump’s destruction of the federal government poses a hard question: how to quickly stand up robust institutions?

Sam Rayburn served nearly a half-century as a Congressmember, and still holds the record for the longest tenure as Speaker of the House. So he knew a thing or two about government. One of his aphorisms speaks powerfully to our age: “Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build …

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