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Huey Long is an American documentary film on the life and career of the politician Huey Long. It was directed by Ken Burns, and produced by Ken Burns and Richard Kilberg in 1985. The film first aired on October 15, 1986. The film includes interviews with Russell B. Long, author Robert Penn Warren, and political contemporary and opponent Cecil Morgan. It was narrated by the historian David McCullough.
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“Every man a king, but no one wears a crown.”
“I do not want the voice of the people shut out.”
“Treat them just the same as anybody else, give them an opportunity to make a living, and to get an education.”
“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.”
“Whenever this administration has gone to the left I have voted for it, and whenever it has gone to the right I have voted against it.”
“Quote me as saying that that Imperial bastard will never set foot in Louisiana, and that when I call him a sonofabitch I am not using profanity, but am referring to the circumstances of his birth.”
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