“There’s always a certain number of suckers and a certain number of men lookin’ for a chance to take them in, and the suckers are sure to be took one way or another. It’s the everlastin’ law of demand and supply. p. 60”

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

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