In-Text References

American History and Politics

The Declaration of Independence (6, 11, 12, 16)
U.S. Supreme Court (39)Daniel Webster, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, William Jennings Bryan, and Theodore Roosevelt (62)
Herbert Hoover (62, 63, 65)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (62, 63, 65)
New Deal and its constituent agencies (109, 124, 125, 126, 127)
National Broadcasting System (144)

One-Percenters

Morgans, Rockefellers, and Mayo Brothers (140)

Long's Family and New Orleans

They get a literal shout-out at the end of the speech (147)

God and Scripture

God—referred to as Lord, He, Almighty, God, Maker (17, 18, 20, 21, 27, 28, 52, 54, 66, 115)
Moses (16)
Jesus (16)
Book of James (17, 54)
Scripture/Bible (18, 19, 51, 52)

Ancient Greek Philosophy

Socrates and Plato (56, 59)

References to This Text

All the King's Men 

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and later a critically acclaimed film starring Broderick Crawford, followed by a not-so-critically acclaimed film starring Sean Penn. The books and films center on the fictitious Willie Stark, who is very, very, very loosely based upon Huey Long. Set in early Depression-era Louisiana with an idealistic gubernatorial candidate who later becomes an immensely powerful political boss of the very sort he initially opposed. Okay, Long wasn't that bad, but the parallels are certainly there for those who are not exactly fans.