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

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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.

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

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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
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William M. Tweed

William M. Tweed
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Born: April 3, 1823
Died: April 12, 1878 (aged 55)
Bio: William Magear Tweed, known as Boss Tweed and often erroneously referred to as William Marcy Tweed, was an American politician and political boss of Tammany Hall who became an icon of urban political machines.

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