Word: Earl Long

Governor Earl Long of Louisiana:
 
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

I'm for the po' folk, I'm for the middlin' folk, and I'm for the rich folk, if they behave themselves.

I'm not against anybody for reasons of race, creed, or any ism he might believe in except nuttism, skingameism or communism.

I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.

If you ever want to hide something from [Louisiana attorney general] Jack Gremillion, put it in a law book.

One of these day the people of Louisiana are gonna get good government--and they ain't gonna like it.

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.

Hell yes, I think you should use ideals or any other goddamn thing you can get your hands on - When asked by a young state legislator whether ideals had any role in politics