Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Earl Long

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Earl Long.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Earl Long

Earl Kemp Long was an American politician and the 45th governor of Louisiana, serving three nonconsecutive terms. Long, known as "Uncle Earl", connected with voters through his folksy demeanor and colorful oratory. He departed from other southern politicians of his time by promoting a progressive agenda, expanding school-lunch programs, teacher pay, public-works projects, and minority voting rights.

I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.
Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.
The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him. — © Earl Long
The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
A four-hundred-dollar suit on him would look like socks on a rooster.
But I'm in favor of every religion with the possible exception of snake-chunking. Anybody that so presumes on how he stands with Providence that he will let a snake bite him, I say he deserves what he's got coming to him.
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