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Huey Long (1969) is a biography of Louisiana Governor and US Senator Huey Long written by historian T. Harry Williams. The work was well received, winning a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award.
“Every man a king, but no one wears a crown.”
“I do not want the voice of the people shut out.”
“Treat them just the same as anybody else, give them an opportunity to make a living, and to get an education.”
“Now, just a word about the poor Negroes...They're here. They've got to be cared for...The poor Negroes have got to live, too.”
“Whenever this administration has gone to the left I have voted for it, and whenever it has gone to the right I have voted against it.”
“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.”
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