"When you kill a king, you don't stab him in the dark. You kill him where the entire court can watch him die."

"You know there's more of us coming off those boats everyday? Some say 15,000 Irish a week! Get all of us together and…"

"The past is a torch that lights our way. Where our fathers have shown us the path, we shall follow. Our faith is the …"

"Our name is called "The Dead Rabbits" to remind all of our suffering, and as a call to those who suffer still to join…"

"In the end, they put candles on the bodies so's their friends, if they had any, could know them in the dark. The city…"

"Everything you see belongs to me, to one degree or another. The beggars and newsboys and quick thieves here in Paradi…"

"[to Amsterdam] You get to know a lot butchering meat. We're made up of the same things - flesh and blood, tissue, org…"

"[to Boss Tweed] Mulberry Street... and Worth... Cross and Orange... and Little Water. Each of the Five Points is a fi…"

"[to Boss Tweed] I don't see no Americans. I see trespassers, Irish harps. Do a job for a nickel what a nigger does fo…"

"It's a funny feeling being taken under the wing of a dragon. It's warmer than you'd think."