The time is comin’ and though I’m no youngster, I may see it, when New York City will break away from the State and become a state itself. <small>p. … - George W. Plunkitt

I think every man would be better off if he didn’t take any intoxicatin’ drink at all, but as men will drink, they ought to have good stuff without impoverishin’ themselves by goin’ to fancy places and without riskin’ death by goin’ to poor places. <small>p. 86</small>

It’s because a Brooklynite is a natural-born hayseed, and can never become a real New Yorker. <small>p. 41</small>

Some young men think they can learn how to be successful in politics from books, and they cram their heads with all sorts of college rot. They couldn’t make a bigger mistake. <small>p. 7</small>