George Washington Plunkitt: Trending quotes (page 3)

“I honestly believe that drink is the greatest curse of the day, except, of course, civil service, and that it has driven more young men to ruin than anything except civil service examinations. p. 78”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 19, The Successful Politician Does Not Drink

Men , Drink

“I want to add that no matter how well you learn to play the political game, you won’t make a lastin’ success of it if you're a drinkin’ man. p. 77”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 19, The Successful Politician Does Not Drink

Game , Learning , Success

“Big Tim made money out of liquor—sellin’ it to other people. That’s the only way to get good out of liquor. p. 79”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 19, The Successful Politician Does Not Drink

Money , People , Way

“Who is better fitted to run the railroads and the gas plants and the ferries than the men who make a business of lookin’ after the interests of the city? p. 54”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 13, On Municipal Ownership

Men , Business

“The politicians who make a lastin’ success in politics are the men who are always loyal to their friends, even up to the gate of State prison, if necessary; men who keep their promises and never lie. p. 35”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 8, Ingratitude in Politics

Men , Lie , Success

“Jimmy O’Brien brought the manufacture of “Democracies” down to an exact science, and reduced the cost of production so as to bring it within the reach of all. Any man with $50 can now have a “Democracy” of his own. p. 58”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 14 Tammany the Only Lastin’ Democracy

Democracy , Science

“Some young men think they can learn how to be successful in politics from books, and they cram their heads with all sorts of college rot. They couldn’t make a bigger mistake. p. 7”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 2, How to Become a Statesman

Men , Books , Thinking , Learning

“I knew what was comin’ when a young Irishman drops whisky and takes to beer and long pipes in a German saloon. That young man is today one of the wildest Anarchists in town. p. 12”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 3, The Curse of Civil Service Reform

Beer

“You can’t study human nature in books. Books is a hindrance more than anything else. p. 25”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 6, To Hold Your District: Study Human Nature and Act Accordin’

Books , Nature , Study

“Then will return the good old times, when our district leaders could have nice comfortable primary elections at some place selected by themselves and let in only men that they approved of as good Democrats. p. 83”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 20, Bosses Preserve the Nation

Men , Time

“Oh, yes, that is a good way to do up the so-called bosses, but have you ever thought what would become of the country if the bosses were put out of business, and their places were taken by a lot of cart-tail orators and college graduates? It would mean chaos. p. 81”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 20, Bosses Preserve the Nation

Way , Business , Country

“The most successful saloonkeepers don’t drink themselves and they understand that my temperance is a business proposition, just like their own. p. 77”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 19, The Successful Politician Does Not Drink

Drink , Understanding , Business , Success

“Putin’ on style don’t pay in politics. p. 50”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 12, Dangers of the Dress Suit in Politics

“The Irish, above all people in the world, hates a traitor. p. 35”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 8, Ingratitude in Politics

Hate , People , World

“I know it’s an awful temptation, the hankerin’ to show off your learnin’. I’ve felt it myself, but I always resist it. I know the awful consequences. p. 53”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 12, Dangers of the Dress Suit in Politics

“Politics is as much a regular business as the grocery or the dry-goods or the drug business. You've got to be trained up to it or you're sure to fail. p. 19”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 4, Reformers Only Mornin’ Glories

Business , Training

“That’s the a, b, c of politics. It ain’t easy work to get up to q and z. You have to give nearly all your time and attention to it. p. 20”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 4, Reformers Only Mornin’ Glories

Time

“It’s because a Brooklynite is a natural-born hayseed, and can never become a real New Yorker. p. 41”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 10, Brooklynites Natural-Born Hayseeds

Nature

“There’s the biggest kind of a difference between political looters and politicians who make a fortune out of politics by keepin’ their eyes wide open. The looter goes in for himself alone without considerin’ his organization or his city. The politician looks after his own interests, the organization’s interests, and the city’s interests all at the same time. See the distinction? p. 29”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 7, On The Shame of the Cities

Time

“Ought these good people be subjected to the immoral influence of money taken from the saloon tainted money? Out of respect for the tender consciences of these pious people, the Raines law ought to exempt them from all contamination from the plunder that comes from the saloon traffic. Say, mark that sarcastic. Some people who ain’t used to fine sarcasm might think I meant it. p. 85”

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 21, Concerning Excise

Money , People , Law , Thinking