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This civil service law is the biggest fraud of the age. It is the curse of the nation.

George Washington Plunkitt

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.

George Washington Plunkitt

I rope them all in by givin' them opportunities to show themselves off. I don't trouble them with political arguments. I just study human nature and act accordin'.

George Washington Plunkitt

I think every man would be better off if he didn't take any intoxicatin' drink at all, but as men will drink, they ought to have good stuff without impoverishin' themselves by goin' to fancy places and without riskin' death by goin' to poor places.

George Washington Plunkitt

The hayseeds think we are like the Indians to the National Government—that is, sort of wards of the State, who don't know how to look after ourselves and have to be taken care of by the Republicans of St. Lawrence, Ontario, and other backwoods counties.

George Washington Plunkitt

George Washington Plunkitt

George Washington Plunkitt

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Born: November 17, 1842

Died: November 19, 1924 (aged 82)

Bio: George Washington Plunkitt was an American politician from New York State. He served in both houses of the New York State Legislature and was as a member of the Tammany Hall machine in New York City.

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