Huey Long Quotes

American politician, Governor of Louisiana, and United States Senator (1893-1935)

Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), known as "The Kingfish," was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States Senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. He was a populist member of the Democratic Party and rose to national prominence during the Great Depression for his vocal criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal, which Long deemed insufficiently radical. As the political leader of Louisiana, he commanded wide networks of supporters and often took forceful action. A controversial figure, Long is celebrated as a populist champion of the poor or, conversely, denounced as a fascistic demagogue.

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Birth Name: Huey Pierce Long, Jr.

Alternative Names: Huey P. Long • Huey Pierce Long Jr. • Kingfish • The Kingfish • Huey Pierce Long • Huey Pierce Long Jr

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I wonder why he shot me.

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.

They kept on hollering, and I simply had to put my foot down. I said, 'I'm the governor and I say the ignorant in this state have to learn, blacks as well as whites.' And they learned.

When the United States gets fascism, it will call it anti-fascism.