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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 well as whites.' And they learned.

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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.

We swapped the tyrant 3,000 miles away for a handful of financial slaveowning overlords who make the tyrant of Great Britain seem mild.

For the present you can just call me the Kingfish.

Every Man a King (1933)

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