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We started them to school. They learned to read. They learned to work simple arithmetic problems. Now some of our plantation owners can't figure the poor devils out of everything at the close of each year.

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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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