The only way it can be changed is to make the lives of these people decent and respectable.

It cannot be changed while people suffer. 'Nonetheless my voice will be the same as it has been. Give me the chance to dry the eyes of those who still weep here.' ( read more) Senate Speech 'Where are the schools that you have waited for your children to have, that have never come? Where are the roads and highways that you send your money to build, that are no nearer now than ever before? Where are the institutions to care for the sick and disabled? Your tears in this country have lasted for generations. 'How many men ever went to a barbecue and would let one man take off the table what's intended for nine-tenths of the people to eat? The only way you will be able to feed the balance of the people is to make that man come back and bring back some of that grub he ain't got no business with.' ( read more) The Evangeline Speech

And that Low Popahirum is made from the bark that we take from the root up.'Īnd the only difference that I have found between the Democratic leadership and the Republican leadership was that one of 'em was skinning you from the ankle up and the other from the ear down - when I got to Congress.' The Barbecue Speech 'That High Popalorum is made from the bark off the tree that we take from the top down. They're both good but they're different,' he said. One of those bottles of medicine was called High Popalorum and another one of those bottles of medicine was called Low Popahirum.įinally somebody around there said is there any difference in these bottles of medicines? 'Oh,' he said, 'considerable.

He'd play a banjo and he'd sell two bottles of medicine. 'The Democratic Party and the Republican Party were just like the old patent medicine drummer that used to come around our country. Long's Famous Speeches The High Popalorum Speech

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