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Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.
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It seems like I’m responsible for every crime that takes place in this country.
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I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.
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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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Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.
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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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The country wanted booze and I organized it. Why should I be called a public enemy?
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All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.
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I have built my organization upon fear.
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Prohibition has made nothing but trouble.
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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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A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.
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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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They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.