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Every Man a King" is a song cowritten by Louisiana's Governor and United States Senator Huey Long and Castro Carazo. Long was known for his political slogan "Every man a king," which is also the title of his 1933 autobiography [1] and the catch-phrase of his Share Our Wealth proposal during the Great Depression. [2]
Every man a king, so there would be no such thing as a man or woman who did not have the necessities of life, who would not be dependent upon the whims and caprices and ipsi dixit of the financial martyrs for a living.
Jan 8, 2021 · ஜ۩ENGLISH۩ஜ "Every Man a King" is a song cowritten by Louisiana's Governor and United States Senator Huey Pierce Long Jr. and Castro Carazo. Long was known for his political...
Huey Long Every Man a King. February 23, 1934. Adapting his rhetoric to the techniques of broadcasting, Louisiana senator Huey P. Long used a nationwide radio address to spread his ideas about the redistribution of wealth.
Oct 17, 2020 · A rare version of "EVERY MAN A KING" recorded live on-radio during one of Senator Long's national radio addresses. A substantial amount of editing has been done to the audio itself to make...
“Every Man a King” is the title of a speech delivered in 1934 by Senator Huey Long of Louisiana. The speech, which Long delivered on national radio, is one of Long’s most famous speeches, along with his “Share the Wealth” speech.
We have in American today, ladies and gentlemen, $272,000,000,000 of debt. Two hundred and seventy-two thousand millions of dollars of debts are owed by the various people of this country today. Why, my friends, that cannot be paid. It is not possible for that kind of debt to be paid.
Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “All The King’s Men” (1946) later became a 14949 Oscar-winning film and was widely perceived as a thinly veiled portrayal of Huey Long. Christopher H. Sterling served on the faculty of George Washington University for over three decades.
Nov 9, 2009 · Huey Long, a populist governor and U.S. senator from Louisiana, was famed for his fiery oratory and radical reform proposals until his assassination at age 44.
Huey P. Long, “Every Man a King” and “Share our Wealth” (1934) Amid the economic indignities of the Great Depression, Huey P. Long of Louisiana championed an aggressive program of public spending and wealth redistribution. Critics denounced Long, who served as both governor and a senator from Louisiana, as a corrupt demagogue, but ...
