Sam Rayburn Quote

I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.

"Speak, Mister Speaker" (ed. 1978)

I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.

I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.

I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.

I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.