I only came to serve you, and if you think otherwise, I must let you know that you are mistaken.

After his death he became a symbol of corruption and hypocrisy. He manipulated the press and the nation's fears to become the most loved public figure of the 1720s; this love turned to hatred when his villainy was exposed. He invented a scheme which allowed him to run one of the most successful gangs of thieves of the era all the while appearing to be the nation's leading policeman.