Occupation: Gangster Birth: January 17, 1899 Death: January 25, 1947
Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out..
I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth..
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….
I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand..
I have built my organization upon fear..
They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire..
I don't even know what street Canada is on..
My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way..
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 se….
All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular..
Now I know why tigers eat their young..
I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War..
In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody..
You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake..
They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money..
I got nothing against the honest cop on the beat. You just have them transferred someplace where they can't do you any harm. But don't ever talk to m….
Public service is my motto..
It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked..
Once in the racket you're always in it..
I've lost a million and a half on the horses and dice in the last two years. And the funny part is, I still like 'em, and if someone handed me anothe….
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 f….