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An alleged one million dollar a month cocaine operation run by a flamboyant local kingpin aka Midget Molley. American Gangster: Midget Molley: King of the Boardwalk, 2010
Being a drug kingpin, you’re on top of the world. Midget Molley
The crown? It has no significance to me now. Midget Molley
Boadwalk Empire is set in the 1920s in Atlantic City. Boardwalk Empire: Meet the Characters, Kelly MacDonald as Margaret Schroeder, HBO
Nucky [Thompson] was the Treasurer of Atlantic City for several decades beginning in the early teens. ibid. Terence Winter, creator/writer
He really was the guy who ran everything. ibid.
My character Nelson van Alden is a prohibition agent. ibid. Michael Shannon
At the very beginning of the show Margaret has gone to a temperance meeting. ibid. Kelly MacDonald
Atlantic City 1921: Monster, vicious brute, friend to thief and prostitute, conscience dulled by demon rum, liquor – thy name is delirium. Boardwalk Empire s1e1, Women’s Temperance League meeting, HBO 2010
Prohibition means Progress. ibid. Nucky
First rule of politics: Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. ibid.
I’m Johnny’s muscle; who gives a fuck what I think? ibid. Capone
Nucky, I’m nothing but a murderer. ibid. Jimmy
Big Jim Colosimo Laid To Rest: Slaying of Chicago Mobster is Mystery to the Underworld. Boardwalk Empire s1e2: The Ivory Tower, newspaper article
There isn’t a single business he doesn’t get a piece of. ibid. Van Alden
You better hope he dies real soon. Boardwalk Empire s1e3: Broadway Limited, Nucky to Eli & Jimmy
It’s an election year, Chalky. The last thing we need is a race war. ibid. Nucky
They vote the way I tell Chalky to tell them. Boardwalk Empire s1e4: Anastasia, Nucky
I drink to forget but I can’t remember what. Boardwalk Empire s1e5: Nights in Ballygran, Nucky
The whole thing’s a game, isn’t it? ibid. Eli to Nucky
They raised him a good Catholic boy. And every once in a while he starts thinking he might go to hell and that he’d better change before he’s too late. Boardwalk Empire s1e6: Family Limitation, Nucky's bird to Mrs Schroeder
Maybe your cunny isn’t quite the draw you think it is. ibid. Mrs Schroeder to Nucky’s bird
I try to be good. ibid. Nucky
They’re interested in what’s in our heads so next time we fight better. Boardwalk Empire s1e7: Home, Richard to Jimmy
Lawyer: It’s not too late to go to law school, Arnold.
Arnold: I prefer to make my living honestly. Boardwalk Empire s1e8: Hold Me in Paradise
That imbecile [Harding] is going to be the next president of the United States. ibid. Nucky
I find Nucky Thompson to be greedy and unreasonable. Boardwalk Empire s1e9: Belle Femme, Rothstein
The South – they’re not exactly known for their forward thinking down there. Boardwalk Empire s1e10: Emerald City, Nucky to Margaret
You sent a message all right – that you’re idiots. ibid. Lucky Luciano
That it’s time for a change. That it’s a new Republican Party – the cronyism, the incompetence, the violence in our streets: all that’s a thing of the past. ibid. Nucky to Margaret
I’m going to make him the richest corpse in New York. ibid. Nucky, re Rothstein
Magician: We want to be deceived …
Nucky: There’s an excuse that might come in handy one day. Boardwalk Empire s1e11: Paris Green
Do you think Christ hears you in this forsaken place? ibid. Van Alden to riverside preacher
There wasn’t any keeping you, was there? Boardwalk Empire s1e12: A Return to Normalcy, Nucky to Margaret
We all have to decide for ourselves how much sin we can live with. ibid.
Woods Killers Found Dead: Thompson Garners Republican Support. ibid. Atlantic City Daily Press
Nuns just don’t go around hitting people. Boardwalk Empire s2e1: 21, Nucky to little boy, with Margaret, HBO 2011
If Jesus Ever Came To Atlantic City New Jersey: A Guide First Edition. ibid. booklet given to Mrs van Alden
I’m the only thing keeping you from a lynch mob. ibid. Nucky to Chalky White
These coloureds need to learn a lesson, and we are going to teach it. ibid. Nucky’s lecture to white audience
Sodom by the Sea. ibid. Van Alden to wife
Mr Thompson, you’re under arrest for election fraud. ibid. rozzer
Voter intimidation, fraud, theft of ballot boxes and bribery. Boardwalk Empire s2e2: Ourselves Alone, lawyer to Nucky
How dirty is this town, Nuck? ibid. reporter to Nucky
We’re thinking of getting into heroin. ibid. Lansky
We need guns and the money to buy them. ibid. Irish republican visitor
Nucky will be in jail by Fall. Boardwalk Empire s2e3: A Dangerous Maid, Jimmy to Al Capone
Chalky White’s going to make bail. He’ll be home very soon. ibid. Nucky to Margaret
I will ruin you. All of you. ibid. Nucky to Jimmy & associates
I guess that’s between me and Nucky, isn’t it? Boardwalk Empire s2e4: What Does the Bee Do? Jimmy
It’s a special kind of fool who relies on the promise of a drunkard. ibid. Margaret to servants
My country ways put the food on this goddamned table. ibid. Chief
This ain’t about money, Nucky. It’s about revenge. ibid. Chalky to Nucky
Atlantic City was built for good times. Boardwalk Empire s2e5: Gimcrack & Bunkum, Nucky
I don’t think you even know the rules. ibid. Nucky to Jimmy
When God is angry where does he feel about sending us? (Gangs US: Atlantic City & Hell) Boardwalk Empire s2e6: The Age of Reasons, priest to Nucky’s child
Michael Shannon: He loves the Lord, sir.
Boss: It seems that’s a pretty one-sided relationship. ibid.
There is a man, Father, in my life and he is bad. ibid. Margaret to priest
Chalky White’s back in business. ibid. delivery man
Jesus Christ, just kill him. Boardwalk Empire s2e7: Peg of Old, Eli, re Nucky
I am the Assistant US Attorney prosecuting Nucky Thompson. ibid. Assistant Attorney General to Agent van Alden