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title: "2 Best year Quotes By Al Capone"
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> [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 hunted man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/i-have-spent-the-best-years-of-my-life-giving-people-the-lighter/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

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> [I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the job-it's a thankless one and full of grief. I've been spending the best years of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/i-am-going-to-st-petersburg-florida-tomorrow-let-the-worthy-citizens/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

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## More by Al Capone

> [You can get farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/you-can-get-farther-with-a-kind-word-and-a-gun-than-with-a-kind-word/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/this-american-system-of-ours-call-it-americanism-call-it-capitalism/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [What? You talk to me like that in front of my son? Fuck you and your family!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/what-you-talk-to-me-like-that-in-front-of-my-son-fuck-you-and-your/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/hell-must-be-a-pretty-swell-spot-because-the-guys-that-invented/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [Vote early and vote often.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/vote-early-and-vote-often/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/i-got-nothing-against-the-honest-cop-on-the-beat-you-just-have-them/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/some-call-it-bootlegging-some-call-it-racketeering-i-call-it-a/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/i-have-spent-the-best-years-of-my-life-giving-people-the-lighter/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/all-i-ever-did-was-supply-a-demand-that-was-pretty-popular/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/a-crook-is-a-crook-and-there-s-something-healthy-about-his-frankness/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [When I sell liquor, it's bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it's hospitality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/when-i-sell-liquor-it-s-bootlegging-when-my-patrons-serve-it-on-a/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/i-am-just-a-businessman-giving-the-people-what-they-want/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [These guys are not from the Iraqi army, ... These are not Iraqi soldiers. They are not members of any of the Iraqi armed forces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/these-guys-are-not-from-the-iraqi-army-these-are-not-iraqi-soldiers/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/a-smile-can-get-you-far-but-a-smile-with-a-gun-can-get-you-further/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

> [They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/they-ve-hung-everything-on-me-except-the-chicago-fire/)

[Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/)

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