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“I've been studyin’ the political game for forty-five years, and I don’t know it all yet. I’m learnin’ somethin’ all the time. How, then, can you expect what they call “business men” to turn into politics all at once and make a success of it? p. 19”

George Washington Plunkitt

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

Men , Game , Business , Time

“Isn’t it enough to make a man sour on his country when he wants to serve it and won’t be allowed unless he answers a lot of fool questions about the number of cubic inches of water in the Atlantic and the quality of sand in the Sahara desert? p. 11”

George Washington Plunkitt

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

Fools , Question , Water , Country

“Consolidation didn’t make him a New Yorker, and nothin’ on earth can. A man born in Germany can settle down and become a good New Yorker. So can an Irishman; in fact, the first word an Irish boy learns in the old country is “New York,” and when he grows up and comes here, he is at home right away. Even a Jap or a Chinaman can become a New Yorker, but a Brooklynite never can. p. 41”

George Washington Plunkitt

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

Home , Boy , Learning , Country

“Before then when a party won, its workers got everything in sight. That was somethin’ to make a man patriotic. p. 14”

George Washington Plunkitt

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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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