George Washington Plunkitt - Politics Quotes

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Men ain't in politics for nothin'. They want to get somethin' out of it.

George Washington Plunkitt
There's the biggest kind of a difference between political looters and politicians who make a fortune out of politics by keepin' their eyes wide open. The looter goes in for himself alone without considerin' his organization or his city. The politician looks after his own interests, the organization's interests, and the city's interests all at the same time. See the distinction?

George Washington Plunkitt
Say, ain't some of the papers awful gullible about politics?

George Washington Plunkitt
Some young men think they can learn how to be successful in politics from books, and they cram their heads with all sorts of college rot. They couldn't make a bigger mistake.

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Politics is as much a regular business as the grocery or the dry-goods or the drug business. You've got to be trained up to it or you're sure to fail.

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That's the a, b, c of politics. It ain't easy work to get up to q and z. You have to give nearly all your time and attention to it.

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I've been studyin' the political game for forty-five years, and I don't know it all yet. I'm learnin' somethin' all the time. How, then, can you expect what they call business men to turn into politics all at once and make a success of it?

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They learned how to put up a pretty good bluff—and bluff counts a lot in politics.

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The politicians who make a lastin' success in politics are the men who are always loyal to their friends, even up to the gate of State prison, if necessary; men who keep their promises and never lie.

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