Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
1973
AUTHOR:
Huey Pierce Long (1893–1935)
QUOTATION:
So I came to Washington, where I knew I would be farther away from America than I could be on some foreign shore; not that I do not respect this as a good part of America but in its general routine the heart of America is felt less here than at any place I have ever been.
ATTRIBUTION:
Senator HUEY LONG, remarks in the Senate, May 17, 1932, Congressional Record, vol. 75, p. 10393.
