Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.

Quote by Al Capone

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You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can...

You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can...

Vote early and vote often.

Vote early and vote often.

My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.

My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class

I don't even know what street Canada is on.

I don't even know what street Canada is on.

I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.

I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

Now I know why tigers eat their young.

Now I know why tigers eat their young.

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble.

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble.

When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore...

When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore...

I have built my organization upon fear.

I have built my organization upon fear.

This American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you...

This American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you...

I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime...

I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime...

No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built...

No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built...

America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people.

America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people.

The southern Democrats are in the saddle and the northern Democrats must tag along as...

The southern Democrats are in the saddle and the northern Democrats must tag along as...

The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal...

The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal...

Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and...

Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

One cannot step twice into the same river

One cannot step twice into the same river