I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
AL CAPONEI am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
AL CAPONECapitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
AL CAPONESome call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.
AL CAPONEYou can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
AL CAPONENow I know why tigers eat their young.
AL CAPONEBe careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.
AL CAPONEYou accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.
AL CAPONEIt’s a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
AL CAPONEA smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.
AL CAPONEVote early and vote often.
AL CAPONEWhen I sell liquor, it’s bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it’s hospitality.
AL CAPONEMy rackets are run on strictly American lines and they’re going to stay that way.
AL CAPONEYou can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.
AL CAPONEI have built my organization upon fear.
AL CAPONEI am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.
AL CAPONEBolshevism is knocking at our gates, we can’t afford to let it in.We must keep America whole and safe and unspoiled. We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses; we must see that his mind remains healthy.
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