Texas democrat Sam Rayburn (Mr. Sam), Speaker of the House, circa 1950 Quote: [To a first-term congressman who wanted wanted excused from voting with the party to satisfy his biggest contributors:]

[To a first-term congressman who wanted wanted excused from voting with the party to satisfy his biggest contributors:] Son, if you can't take their money, drink their whiskey, screw their women, and then vote against 'em, you don't deserve to be here.

— Texas democrat Sam Rayburn (Mr. Sam), Speaker of the House, circa 1950

Quote by Texas democrat Sam Rayburn (Mr. Sam), Speaker of the House, circa 1950