“If I have a good thing to hand out in private life, I give it to a friend. Why shouldn’t I do the same in public life? p.6”

—  George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 1, Honest Graft and Dishonest Graft

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New York State Senator 1842–1924

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