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I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.

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
Businessman
Giving
People

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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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Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
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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 been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.
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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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It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
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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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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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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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