George Washington Plunkitt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Washington Plunkitt (1842 – 1924) was a long-time State Senator from the U.S. state of New York, representing the Fifteenth Senate District, who was especially powerful in New York City. He wa...
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Chapter 1. Honest Graft and Dishonest Graft; Chapter 2. How To Become a Statesman; Chapter 3. The Curse of Civil Service Reform; Chapter 4. Reformers Only Mornin’ Glories; Chapter 5. New York City Is Pie for the Hayseeds; Chapter 6. To Hold Your District: Study Human Nature and Act Accordin’; Chapter 7. On The Shame...
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“I Seen My Opportunities and I Took ’Em.”: An Old-Time Pol Preaches Honest Graft ... Everybody is talkin‘ these days about Tammany men growin’ rich on graft, but nobody thinks of drawin‘ the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft. There’s all the difference in the world between the two.
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Plunkitt's "honest graft" however, was not so honest. In one of his speeches, quoted in Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, he describes the difference between dishonest and honest graft as working solely for one's own interests and working for the interests of one's party, state, and personal interest whenever they can.
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Posted by John Carney, Feb 27, 2007, 12:05pm ... We've known it at least since Senator Plunkitt of Tammany Hall explained the difference between honest graft and dishonest graft.
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In 1905 he gave a talk that was serialized in the newspaper, and ultimately compiled into a book. The name of the talk, was "Honest Graft and Dishonest Graft".
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Last week, we noted House Speaker Dennis Hastert's (R-IL) sweet real estate deal - a deal that, as many TPM readers pointed out, Tammany Hall pol George Washington Plunkitt would have dismissed as " honest graft." "I seen my opportunities and I took 'em," Hastert might say.
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