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Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.
Al Capone -
It seems like I’m responsible for every crime that takes place in this country.
Al Capone
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I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.
Al Capone -
Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.
Al Capone -
Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.
Al Capone -
You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.
Al Capone -
The country wanted booze and I organized it. Why should I be called a public enemy?
Al Capone -
All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.
Al Capone
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I have built my organization upon fear.
Al Capone -
Prohibition has made nothing but trouble.
Al Capone -
Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.
Al Capone -
A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.
Al Capone -
I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.
Al Capone -
In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.
Al Capone