Al Capone Quotes
“Vote early and vote often.” ―
“Don’t mistake kindness for weakness” ―
“I have built my organization upon fear.” ―
“Now I know why tigers eat their young.” ―
“Prohibition has made nothing but trouble.” ―
“I don’t even know what street Canada is on.” ―
“They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.” ―
“I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.” ―
“You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.” ―
“My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they’re going to stay that way.” ―
“You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.” ―
“You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.” ―
“you’ll accomplish more with a kind word and a gun than you will with a kind word alone.” ― A
“You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.” ―
“You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.” ―
“Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.” ―
“Find the toughest guy in the room. Embrace him like a brother. And then slam his head against the wall.” ―
“When I sell liquor, it’s called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it’s called hospitality.” ―
“When I sell liquor, it’s bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it’s hospitality.” ―
“Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.” ―
“Hell must be a pretty swell spot because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.” ―
“Capitalists believe they can take everything at the table as belonging to them. Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.” ―
“Do not mistake my kindness for weakness, I am kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to my it will not be a weakness that you will remember me for.” ―
“I got nothing against the honest cop on the beat, the kind you can’t buy. You just have to have them transferred someplace where they can’t do you any harm.” ―
“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 only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.” ―
“A crook is a crook, and there’s something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big politician.” ―
Al Capone Famous Quotes
“A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.” ―
“You’d be surprised if you knew some of the fellows I’ve got to take care of.” ―
“It seems like I’m responsible for every crime that takes place in this country.” ―
“In this life, all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.” ―
“Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.” ―
“Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.” ―
“I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die than live in poverty on this earth.” ―
“You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.” ―
“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.” ―
“Once you’re in the racket, you’re always in it. The parasites will trail you, begging for money and favors, and you can never get away from them no matter where you go.” ―
“All I ever did was sell beer and whiskey to our best people. All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular. Why the very guys that make my trade good are the ones that yell the loudest about me. Some of the leading judges use the stuff.” ―
“I’m the boss. I’m going to continue to run things. They’ve been putting the roscoe on me for a good many years and I’m still healthy and happy. Don’t let anybody kid you into thinking I can be run out of town. I haven’t run yet and I’m not going to.” ―
“Why not treat our business like any other man treats his, as something to work at in the daytime and forget when he goes home at night? There’s plenty of business for everybody. Why kill each other over it?” ―
“I never stuck up a man in my life. Neither did any of my agents ever rob anybody or burglarize any homes while they worked for me. They might have pulled plenty of jobs before they came with me or after they left me, but not while they were in my outfit.” ―
“It’s pretty tough when a citizen with an unblemished record must be hounded from his home by the very policemen whose salaries are paid, at least in part, from the victim’s pocket. You might say that every policeman in Chicago gets some of his bread and butter from the taxes I pay.” ―
“People who respect nothing dread fear. It is upon fear, therefore, that I have built up my organization. But understand me correctly, please. Those who work with me are afraid of nothing. Those who work for me are kept faithful, not so much because of their pay because they know what might be done with them if they broke faith.” ―