Gangs of New York

America was born in the streets.

"Mulberry Street... and Worth... Cross and Orange... and Little Water. Each of the Five Points is a finger. When I close my hand it becomes a fist. And, if I wish, I can turn it against you."

    --  Bill the Butcher

"No son, never. The blood stays on the blade. One day you'll understand."

    --  Priest Vallon
 

"When you get all of the Irish together, we don't got a gang, we got an army."

    --  Amsterdam
 

"The appearance of law must be upheld, especially when it's being broken."

    --  Boss Tweed
 

"He was the only man I ever killed worth remembering.

    --  Bill the Butcher
 

"When you kill a king, you don't stab him in the dark. You kill him where the entire court can watch him die."

    --  Amsterdam

"What's your name boy?"
"Amsterdam, sir."
"Amsterdam? I am New York."

    --  Bill the Butcher and Amsterdam
 

"Look, a boatful of Americans."
"What Americans? A bunch of filthy beasts. What do they do for America?"
"They vote."
"They vote for who the Archbishop tells them to vote for. And the archbishop gets his orders from their king with his pointy hat, sitting in Rome."

    --  Boss Tweed and Bill the Butcher
 

"I've got forty-four notches on my club. Do you know what they're for? They're to remind me what I owe God when I die."

    --  Monk McGinn
 

"I know your works. You are neither cold nor hot. So because you are lukewarm, I will spew you out of my mouth. You can build your filthy world without me. I took the father. Now I'll take the son."

    --  Bill the Butcher
 

"Thank God. I die a true American."

    --  Bill the Butcher