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

Strictures, reproaches, and intemperate speeches from the Senator of Louisiana are really the wailings of an apostle of despair; he has lost control ….

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

The only difference I ever found between the Democratic leadership and the Republican leadership is that one of them is skinning you from the ankle u….

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, and watch 'em die..

You are giving a little man a biscuit to eat, and you put a barrel of flour more taxes on top of his head to carry..

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..

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

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….

God, don't let me die. I have so much left to do..

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..

The Bible's the greatest book ever written. But I sure don't need anybody I can buy for six bits and a chew of tobacco to explain it to me..

'Every man a king' - that's my slogan..

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