Gangs of New York quotes
53 total quotesAmsterdam Vallon
Bill the Butcher
Boss Tweed
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Boss Tweed: You're a good one for the fighting, Bill. But you can't fight forever.
Bill: I can go down doing it.
Boss Tweed: And you will!
Bill: What did you say?
Boss Tweed: I said, you're turning your back on the future.
Bill: Not our future.
Bill: I can go down doing it.
Boss Tweed: And you will!
Bill: What did you say?
Boss Tweed: I said, you're turning your back on the future.
Bill: Not our future.
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[as an anti-draft riot takes place] Sweet Jesus, war does terrible things to people.
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[as Monk McGinn runs for Sheriff]
Boss Tweed: That man was right born for this.
Amsterdam: He's killed 44 men, and laid low a couple hundred more.
Boss Tweed: Is that right? We should have run him for mayor.
Boss Tweed: That man was right born for this.
Amsterdam: He's killed 44 men, and laid low a couple hundred more.
Boss Tweed: Is that right? We should have run him for mayor.
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New York loved William Tweed... and hated him but for those of us trying to be thieves, we couldn't help but admire him.
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The appearance of law must be upheld, especially when it's being broken.
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Happy Jack: I'm paid to uphold the law.
Bill: What in Heaven's name are you talking about?
Bill: What in Heaven's name are you talking about?
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If you get all of us together, we ain't got a gang, we've got an army.
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You know why he wears short sleeves? So they can see he's got nothing stashed. I hope that never becomes the fashion.