Quote #13

Regarding the imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, 'Quote me as saying that that Imperial bastard will never set foot in Louisiana, and that when I call him a sonofabitch I am not using profanity, but am referring to the circumstances of his birth.'

More from Huey P. Long

  1. 'I would describe a demagogue as a politician who don't keep his promises. On that basis, I'm the first man to have power in Louisiana who …
  2. To Governor Oscar K. Allen: 'Goddamn you Oscar, don't you stall around with me! I can break you as easily as I made you!'
  3. 'Sure I carry a gun. Sometimes I carry four. Can't tell when somebody's going to shoot the King.'
  4. 'I'm for the poor man - all poor men, black and white, they all gotta have a chance.'
  5. 'I can frighten or buy ninety-nine out of every one hundred men.'
  6. 'Don't say I'm working for niggers. I'm not : 'Every Man a King' means every man, niggers along with the rest, but not especially for nigge…
  7. 'Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy.'
  8. 'There is no dictatorship in Louisiana. There is a perfect democracy there, and when you have a perfect democracy it is pretty hard to tell…

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