Boss Tweed Quotes

• I don't care who does the electing, as long as I get to do the nominating.

  Boss Tweed

  Long, Political, Doe

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• The appearance of the law must be upheld - especially when it's being broken.

  Boss Tweed

  Law, Broken, Appearance

  42 Copy quote

• As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?

  Boss Tweed

  Long, Political, Politics

  26 Copy quote

• Stop them damn pictures! I don’t care what the papers write about me. My constituents can’t read. But, damn it, they can see the pictures!

  Boss Tweed

  Writing, Paper, Care

  40 Copy quote

• The way to have power is to take it.

  Boss Tweed

  Power, Political, Politics

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• I don't care a straw for your newspaper articles, my constituents don't know how to read, but they can't help seeing them damned pictures.

  Boss Tweed

  Care, Helping, Newspapers

  "Article IV: An Episode in Municipal Government" by Charles F. Wingate, The North American Review (p. 150), July 1875.

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