Boss Tweed – Character Quotes

The appearance of the law must be upheld. Especially while it's been broken.

— Monk's already won by 3,000 more votes, then there are voters.
— Only 3? Make it 20, 30.
— We don't need a victory, we need a Roman triumph.
— We don't have anymore ballots.
— Remember the first rule of politics... ballots don't make the results the counters do. Keep counting.

— That man was right born for this.
— He's killed 44 men and laid low a couple of hundred more.
— Is that right?
— Right.
— I should have run him for mayor!