Near Overrated Quotes by Huey Long

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.

— Huey Long

I'm a dyed-in-the-wool party man. I don't know just what party I am in right now, but I am for the party.

— Huey Long

I do not want the voice of the people shut out.

— Huey Long

Treat them just the same as anybody else, give them an opportunity to make a living, and to get an education.

— Huey Long

Don't liken me to that [SOB]. Anybody that lets his public policies be mixed up with religious prejudice is a plain [GD] fool.

— Huey Long

I would never rob your cradles to feed the dogs of war

— Huey Long

I'd rather violate every one of the damn conventions and see my bills passed, than sit back in my office, all nice and proper,…

— Huey Long

It ain't enough to get the breaks. You gotta know how to use 'em.

— Huey Long

All I care is what the boys at the forks of the creek think of me.

— Huey Long

Sure we'll have Fascism here, but it will come as an anti-Fascism movement.

— Huey Long

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it.

— Huey Long

In a political fight, when you've got nothing in favour of your side, start a row in the opposition camp.

— Huey Long