Plunkitt

Just a harmless bit of "honest graft" as Plunkitt called it.

Robert Ellis Gordon: Chris Matthews, Bobby Kennedy and My Ethical Dilemma Robert Ellis Gordon 2010

Just a harmless bit of "honest graft" as Plunkitt called it.

Robert Ellis Gordon: Chris Matthews, Bobby Kennedy and My Ethical Dilemma Robert Ellis Gordon 2010

In the brief book (under 100 pages long), Plunkitt defended what he called "honest graft" and espoused a political philosophy based on the idea "I seen my opportunities and I took'em."

Alan Singer: Bloomberg of Tammany Hall 2010

George Washington Plunkitt, Tammany Hall 'ward boss,' 1880 – 1905: Plunkitt showed no remorse for his methods of profiting from his political position, which he called "honest graft."

And You Thought Blago Was Brazenly Corrupt? 2008

"Plunkitt tells me that they really laugh at each other in the moonlight," he said.

The Younger Set 1899

Plunkitt, the head gardener, came along, trundling a mowing-machine.

The Younger Set 1899

Some people guessed that many of them were good Plunkitt men all along and worked with the Cits just to bring them into the Plunkitt camp by election day.

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon George Washington Plunkitt 1883

If I went into the stylish business, even I, Plunkitt, might be thrown down in the district.

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon George Washington Plunkitt 1883

Plunkitt said right out what all practical politicians think but are afraid to say.

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon George Washington Plunkitt 1883

I'm the same Plunkitt I was when I entered politics forty years ago.

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon George Washington Plunkitt 1883