Occupation: Gangster Birth: January 17, 1899 Death: January 25, 1947
Public service is my motto..
My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way..
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….
I don't even know what street Canada is on..
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….
When I sell liquor, it's bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it's hospitality..
Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies..
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 h….
Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class..
I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want..
I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand..
A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further..
I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth..
Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business..
I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a….
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….