Piracy is not so much organized crime as it is a business…

“That's the difference between crime and business. For business you gotta have capital. Sometimes I think it's the only difference.”

— Raymond Chandler

Our purpose, as we face these challenges, remains clear - fair and orderly markets that allow for efficient capital formation, while protecting the interests…

— Arthur Levitt

“For the masses of unemployed and resentful local youth, piracy was a quick way to achieve the respect and standard of living that the…

— Jay Bahadur

Drugs are available to those who want them. And where are those profits going? Into organized crime, [to criminals] who spend their profits on…

— Sam Branson

“Later that same year John F. Kennedy was elected president by a thin margin. The first thing he did was appoint his brother attorney…

— Charles Brandt

Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive governance and…

— Ban Ki-moon

Any time that you have a sporting event with a Vegas line to it, there's always going to be somebody involved in organized crime…

— Tim Donaghy

Whether my acting was obscene, or whether it was distasteful, well, Judge Rehnquist, who just recently passed away couldn't define pornography. His comment on…

— Harry Reems

Once I got interested in organized crime, and, specifically, Jewish organized crime, I got very interested in it. I have learned that, like my…

— Zachary Lazar

“First-order consequences of Prohibition: alcohol is made illegal, legitimate producers of alcohol go out of business, decrease in drinking.   Second-order consequences of Prohibition:…

— Sebastian Marshall

Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders.

— Warren Christopher

When you get to political machines that can control a state, then you're really into organized crime - almost. You're fighting a political mafia.

— Frank Capra

We must regard Sarah Palin as the Carmella Soprano of the GOP -- an enabling wife of organized crime, who sees, hears and speaks…

— Cintra Wilson

[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not…

— Sam Branson

A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is…

— Le Ly Hayslip