Boss Tweed Quotations

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

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.

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!

The way to have power is to take it.

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

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

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