When Lyndon Johnson as vice president first met with the cabinet of John Kennedy, he was mightily impressed by the academic credentials and intellectual firepower of the group.
Sam Rayburn's remark reminds me of something William F. Buckley once said: "I'd rather be ruled by the first fifty names in the Boston phone book than by the first fifty names in the Harvard faculty directory."
Sam Rayburn's remark reminds me of something William F. Buckley once said: "I'd rather be ruled by the first fifty names in the Boston phone book than by the first fifty names in the Harvard faculty directory."
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