Russell B. Long

Democracy is like a raft: It won't sink, but you will always have your feet wet.

— Russell B. Long

Tax reform means, "Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree."

— Russell B. Long

Bring on those tired, labor-plagued, competition-weary companies and ESOP will breathe new life into them. They will find ESOP better than Geritol.…

— Russell B. Long

I expect to fight that proposition until hell freezes over. Then I propose to start fighting on the ice.

— Russell B. Long

If the FDA would spend a little less time and effort on small manufacturers of vitamins...and a little more on the large…

— Russell B. Long

There are but three political-economic roads from which we can choose... We could take the first course and further exacerbate the already…

— Russell B. Long

A [tax loophole is] something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.

— Russell B. Long

A government by secrecy benefits no one. It injures the people it seeks to serve; it damages its own integrity and operation.…

— Russell B. Long

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.

— Russell B. Long