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Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.
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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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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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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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 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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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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All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.
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They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.
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I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.
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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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Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
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Once in the racket you're always in it.
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I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.
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A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.
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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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It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
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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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