Robert Moses

“If the ends don't justify the means, what does?”

“There's nobody in this city who can touch me. Don't you ever forget that.”

“Modern metropolitan traffic is a juggernaut, a relentless, implacable monster.”

“When you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax.”

“Nothing I have ever done has been tinged with any sense of personal gain.”

“I raise my stein to the builder who can remove ghettos without removing people as I hail the chef who can make omelets without breaking eggs.”

“As long as you’re on the side of the parks, you’re on the side of the angels.”

“I am not a liberal... I am a confirmed, unapologetic, dyed-in-the-wool, increasingly proud and cantankerous reactionary.”

“The important thing is to get things done.”

“Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.”

“We are not dealing with a popular government in this country. We are dealing with a government of organized minorities.”

“Those who can, build. Those who can't, criticize.”

“You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs.”

“I love the public, but not in the flesh.”