Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 284 |
| AUTHOR: | Sam Rayburn (1882–1961) |
| QUOTATION: | Don’t try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don’t ever talk until you know what you’re talking about…. If you want to get along, go along. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speaker of the House “This was Rayburn’s traditional advice to freshmen, many times repeated, and reflected his view of the House of Representatives” (note 13 to chapter 6, p. 461). |
| SUBJECTS: | Congress—House of Representatives |