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Prohibition has made nothing but trouble
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
Mafia
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Prohibition
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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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My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.
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Public service is my motto.
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I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.
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Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.
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In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.
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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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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 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.
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I've lost a million and a half on the horses and dice in the last two years. And the funny part is, I still like 'em, and if someone handed me another million I'd put it right in the nose of some horse that looked good to me.
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I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.
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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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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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I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.
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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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They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.
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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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