"I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating."
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PrisonersMembers of the United States House of RepresentativesPoliticians from New York CityState senators of the United StatesFraudsters
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As quoted in Understanding American Government (2003) by Susan Welch, p. 224
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William M. Tweed
William Magear Tweed (3 April 1823 – 12 April 1878), known as Boss Tweed and often erroneously referred to as William Marcy Tweed, was an American politician and political boss of Tammany Hall who became an icon of urban political machines.
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