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Long was known for a humorous quote about taxation. One version says, "Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax that fellow behind that tree!" Long retired from the Senate, and the Democrat [[John Breaux]] won the seat, which he held for three terms. Long became a high-powered lawyer-lobbyist on leaving the Senate. From 1972 until 1987, his senatorial colleague was fellow Democrat [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], of Shreveport, who also became a lobbyist on retirement from the Senate.

Long was known for a humorous quote about taxation. One version says, "Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax that fellow behind that tree!" Long retired from the Senate, and the Democrat [[John Breaux]] won the seat, which he held for three terms. Long became a high-powered lawyer-lobbyist on leaving the Senate. From 1972 until 1987, his senatorial colleague was fellow Democrat [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], of Shreveport, who also became a lobbyist on retirement from the Senate.

From 1948 until 1972, Long's fellow Louisiana colleague was [[Allen J. Ellender]], a [[segregation]]ist Democrat from [[Terrebonne Parish]]. Like Long, he was opposed to the investigations of communism by [[Joseph McCarthy]] and voted in favor of the Senate censure against the [[Wisconsin]] Republican.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref>

From 1948 until 1972, Long's fellow Louisiana colleague was [[Allen J. Ellender]], a [[segregation]]ist Democrat from [[Terrebonne Parish]]. Like Long, he was opposed<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Senator_Allen_Ellender_of_Louisiana.html?id=wrbQd0_eA_EC Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana: A Biography]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> to the investigations of communism by [[Joseph McCarthy]] and voted in favor of the Senate censure against the [[Wisconsin]] Republican.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref>

Though a partisan Democrat, Long struck up a close friendship with at least two Republican senators, [[Clifford Hansen]] of Wyoming and [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]]. Hansen, in an interview long after he had left Washington, said that Long, with whom he served on the Finance Committee, took a special interest in western ranchers and how they were impacted by the tax code and federal regulations. After a divorce from their first wives, Long and Dole both married women from [[North Carolina]], Carolyn Elizabeth Bason (1922–2015), and [[Elizabeth Dole]], respectively, and maintained a close friendship over the years. In 1980, Dole cut a commercial for the Long senatorial campaign, when Long was opposed by Woody Jenkins. Oddly, in 1996, Jenkins narrowly lost the Senate race to Landrieu while Dole, as the Republican presidential nominee, was losing Louisiana to U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]]. In 1981, Dole succeeded Long as chairman of the Finance Committee when the Republicans gained a Senate majority for the first time since 1954.

Though a partisan Democrat, Long struck up a close friendship with at least two Republican senators, [[Clifford Hansen]] of Wyoming and [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]]. Hansen, in an interview long after he had left Washington, said that Long, with whom he served on the Finance Committee, took a special interest in western ranchers and how they were impacted by the tax code and federal regulations. After a divorce from their first wives, Long and Dole both married women from [[North Carolina]], Carolyn Elizabeth Bason (1922–2015), and [[Elizabeth Dole]], respectively, and maintained a close friendship over the years. In 1980, Dole cut a commercial for the Long senatorial campaign, when Long was opposed by Woody Jenkins. Oddly, in 1996, Jenkins narrowly lost the Senate race to Landrieu while Dole, as the Republican presidential nominee, was losing Louisiana to U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]]. In 1981, Dole succeeded Long as chairman of the Finance Committee when the Republicans gained a Senate majority for the first time since 1954.