Best 5 quotes of Boss Tweed on MyQuotes

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.

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

Stop them damn pictures! I don’t care what the papers write about me. My constituents can’t read. But, damn it, they can see the pictures!

The appearance of the law must be upheld - especially when it's being broken.

The way to have power is to take it.