When I sell liquor, it’s bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it’s hospitality.
AL CAPONEIt’s a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
More Al Capone Quotes
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Now I know why tigers eat their young.
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A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.
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I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.
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Bolshevism 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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Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
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Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.
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Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.
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It’s a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
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You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.
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You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
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My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they’re going to stay that way.
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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.
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I have built my organization upon fear.
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You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.
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Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.
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