“Being governor don't mean a thing anymore in this country. We're nothing. Just high-paid ornaments is all. I'm thinking of running for president myself.”

Quoted in "On the Lookout for Lurleen" Life (22 July 1966) by Shana Alexander
1960s

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45th Governor of Alabama 1919–1998

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