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Al Capone
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Al Capone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 17
Died: 1947
Died: January 25
Brooklyn
New York
Sunday Albert
Scarface
Alphonse Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone
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More quotes by Al Capone
Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.
Al Capone
Now I know why tigers eat their young.
Al Capone
I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.
Al Capone
I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the job-it's a thankless one and full of grief. I've been spending the best years of my life as a public benefactor.
Al Capone
They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.
Al Capone
I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.
Al Capone
This American system of ours,call it Americanism,call it capitalism,call it what you will,gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and make the most of it.
Al Capone
I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.
Al Capone
We been on the road for 18 hours... I need a bath, some chow... and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies,eh?
Al Capone
Public service is my motto.
Al Capone
Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.
Al Capone
Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.
Al Capone
In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.
Al Capone
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 Capone
It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
Al Capone
They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money.
Al Capone
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.
Al Capone
I got nothing against the honest cop on the beat. You just have them transferred someplace where they can't do you any harm. But don't ever talk to me about the honor of police captains or judges. If they couldn't be bought they wouldn't have the job.
Al Capone
You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.
Al Capone
Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
Al Capone