 | National Municipal League - 1910 - 608 lapas
...politics. There's an honest graft, and I'm an example of how it works. . . . Just let me explain myself. My party's in power in the city, and it's goin' to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I'm tipped-off, say, that they're going to lay out a new park at a certain place. " I see my opportunity... | |
 | 1910 - 608 lapas
...politics. There's an honest graft, and I'm an example of how it works. . . . Just let me explain myself. My party's in power in the city, and it's goin' to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I'm tipped-off, say, that they're going to lay out a new park at a certain place. " I see my opportunity... | |
 | National Municipal League - 1910 - 608 lapas
...politics. There's an honest graft, and I'm an example of how it works. . . . Just let me explain myself. My party's in power in the city, and it's goin' to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I'm tipped-off, say, that they're going to lay out a new park at a certain place. " I see my opportunity... | |
 | Schuyler Crawford Wallace - 1924 - 244 lapas
...simply "being on the inside." Let Plunkitt explain: "My party's in power in the city and it's going to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I'm...going to lay out a new park at a certain place. I go to that place and I buy up all the land I can in the neighborhood. Then the board of this or that... | |
 | Raymond Moley - 1927 - 48 lapas
...a great city put it this way : "There is an honest graft and I'm an example of how it works. . . . My party's in power in the city, and it's goin' to undertake a lot of improvements. Well, I'm tipped off, say, that they're going to lay out a new park in a certain place.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations - 1975 - 1054 lapas
...ein, and it's goin undertake a lot of public improvemei Well. I'm tipped off. say, that they're ge to lay out a new park at a certain place I see my opportunity and I take it. I gì that place and I buy up all the land I can in neighborhood. Then the board of this or makes its... | |
 | David Staines - 1986 - 180 lapas
...graft, but nobody thinks of drawin' the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft. . . . Jest let me explain by examples. My party's in power in...they're going to lay out a new park at a certain place. Ain't it perfectly honest to charge a good price and make a profit on my investment and foresight?... | |
 | Michael Batterberry, Ariane Ruskin Batterberry - 1999 - 416 lapas
...it works. I might sum up the whole thing by sayin': "I seen my opportunities and I took 'em." Just let me explain by examples. My party's in power in the city and goin' to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I'm tipped off, say, that they're going to lay... | |
 | Arnold J. Heidenheimer, Michael Johnston - 2011 - 850 lapas
...it works. I might sum up the whole thing by sayin': "I seen my opportunities and I took 'em." Just let me explain by examples. My party's in power in...they're going to lay out a new park at a certain place and I buy up all the land I can in the neighborhood. Then the board of this or that makes its plan... | |
 | H.W. Brands - 2002 - 383 lapas
...it works. I might sum up the whole thing by saying: 'I seen my opportunities and I took 'em.' Just let me explain by examples. My party's in power in the city, and it's going to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I'm tipped off, say, that they're going to lay... | |
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I seen my opportunities and I took 'em." Let me explain by examples. My party's in power in the city, and it's goin' to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I'm tipped off, say, that they're going to lay out a new park at a certain place. I see... 