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Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

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
Racket
Gangsters
Legitimate
Ruling
Capitalism
Class
Bootlegging
Mafia

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It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
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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.
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I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man.
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They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money.
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Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.
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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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I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.
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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?
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Once in the racket you're always in it.
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They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.
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Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'
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A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.
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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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Prohibition has made nothing but trouble
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I'm a kind person, I'm kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you'll remember me for
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All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.
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I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.
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When I sell liquor, it's bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it's hospitality.
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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.
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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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