How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #1
In the beginning I quoted from the Scriptures. I hope you will understand that I am not quoting Scripture to you to convince you of my goodness personally, because that is a thing between me and my Maker; that is something as to how I stand with my Maker and as to how you stand with your Maker. (51-52)
Regardless of Long's insistence that he's not trying to make himself into a saint, that's exactly what he hoped to accomplish with all his Bible-thumping. Psychologists might call this "spontaneous (i.e., unsolicited) denial." Everyone else calls it #humblebrag.
Quote #2
Both of these men, Mr. Hoover and Mr. Roosevelt, came out and said there had to be a decentralization of wealth, but neither one of them did anything about it. But, nevertheless, they recognized the principle. (63-64)
Huey Long goes on to say he isn't criticizing these men. Just pointing out what great big idiots they are for not doing what they promised they would do.
Quote #3
"Every Man a King." Every man to eat when there is something to eat; all to wear something when there is something to wear. That makes us all a sovereign. (105-107)
This is the by-line that served as the face of Huey Long's campaigns in Louisiana, and it's the motto he'd trumpet from every stump and radio station across the country whenever he got the chance. Every candidate needs a slogan, and this was it.