Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1023 |
| AUTHOR: | Sam Rayburn (1882–1961) |
| QUOTATION: | You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speaker of the House “A compilation of tributes paid him in the Hall of the House of Representatives, June 12, 1961, and other pertinent material, to celebrate the occasion of his having served as Speaker twice as long as any of his predecessors in the history of the United States: Sixteen years and 273 days” (title page). |
| SUBJECTS: | Leadership |