--- title: "27 Jimmy hoffa Quotes By Charles Brandt" description: "27 Jimmy hoffa quotes by Charles Brandt. Plus more from Charles Brandt and more Jimmy hoffa sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/charles-brandt-2101_jimmy-hoffa_as-a-consequence-there-was-no-admissible_3210140.jpg" --- > [“As a consequence there was no admissible evidence with which to bury Jimmy Hoffa, and the perjury indictment was dismissed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/as-a-consequence-there-was-no-admissible-evidence-with-which-to-bury/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/charles-brandt-2101_jimmy-hoffa_as-a-consequence-there-was-no-admissible_3210140.jpg) > [“Bobby Kennedy called Jimmy Hoffa “the most powerful man in the country next to the president.” Part”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-most-powerful-man-in-the-country/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-mos_3050783.jpg) > [“Yet during a twenty-year period there wasn’t an American alive who wouldn’t have recognized Jimmy Hoffa immediately, the way Tony Soprano is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/yet-during-a-twenty-year-period-there-wasn-t-an-american-alive-who/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/charles-brandt-2101_jimmy-hoffa_yet-during-a-twenty-year-period-there-wa_2803612.jpg) > [“As Hoffa told Johnny Dio in one of those wiretapped conversations that he couldn’t remember: “… treat them right and you don’t have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/as-hoffa-told-johnny-dio-in-one-of-those-wiretapped-conversations/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/charles-brandt-2101_communication_as-hoffa-told-johnny-dio-in-one-of-those_1014132.jpg) > [“A couple of weeks later Russell told me that Joey Glimco was Giuseppe Primavera. He had been with Al Capone and was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/a-couple-of-weeks-later-russell-told-me-that-joey-glimco-was-giuseppe/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/charles-brandt-2101_jimmy-hoffa_a-couple-of-weeks-later-russell-told-me_1147537.jpg) > [“Ten days after Hoffa took the oath of office in 1957, the AFL-CIO kicked out the Teamsters, saying that they could get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/ten-days-after-hoffa-took-the-oath-of-office-in-1957-the-afl-cio/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/charles-brandt-2101_jimmy-hoffa_ten-days-after-hoffa-took-the-oath-of-of_2289797.jpg) > [“Sheridan wrote in his 1972 book, The Fall and Rise of Jimmy Hoffa: “He went about this by arranging for one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/sheridan-wrote-in-his-1972-book-the-fall-and-rise-of-jimmy-hoffa-he/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_sheridan-wrote-in-his-1972-book-the-fall_1489095.jpg) > [“Once in a while Giancana would have a guy with him named Jack Ruby from Dallas. I met Jack Ruby a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/once-in-a-while-giancana-would-have-a-guy-with-him-named-jack-ruby/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/charles-brandt-2101_quote_once-in-a-while-giancana-would-have-a-gu_379889.jpg) > [“In September 1957 the Ethics Committee of the AFL-CIO charged that Dave Beck and Jimmy Hoffa had used “their official union positions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/in-september-1957-the-ethics-committee-of-the-afl-cio-charged-that/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/charles-brandt-2101_acceptance-speech_in-september-1957-the-ethics-committee-o_495947.jpg) > [“At the time of the Frank Sheeran job interview by long-distance phone call, Jimmy Hoffa was coming off a period full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/at-the-time-of-the-frank-sheeran-job-interview-by-long-distance-phone/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/charles-brandt-2101_job-interview_at-the-time-of-the-frank-sheeran-job-int_1578742.jpg) > [“Time magazine reported in June 1975, a week before the assassination of Sam “Momo” Giancana in Chicago and a month before the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/time-magazine-reported-in-june-1975-a-week-before-the-assassination/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/charles-brandt-2101_bay-of-pigs_time-magazine-reported-in-june-1975-a-we_614869.jpg) > [“Russell turned his head and said to me, “Say hello to Jimmy Hoffa.” Then Russ handed me the phone. I reached for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russell-turned-his-head-and-said-to-me-say-hello-to-jimmy-hoffa-then/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/charles-brandt-2101_quote_russell-turned-his-head-and-said-to-me-s_2230531.jpg) > [“Jimmy Hoffa had two philosophies that guided his actions. One way or another he expressed them daily and often through word or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/jimmy-hoffa-had-two-philosophies-that-guided-his-actions-one-way-or/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_jimmy-hoffa-had-two-philosophies-that-gu_1434640.jpg) > [“On the other hand, in his book, The Enemy Within, Bobby Kennedy wrote about his experiences and observations as chief counsel for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/on-the-other-hand-in-his-book-the-enemy-within-bobby-kennedy-wrote/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_on-the-other-hand-in-his-book-the-enemy_1397427.jpg) > [“Hoffa and Brennan formed a trucking company called Test Fleet. The “brains” and his partner put that company in their wives’ maiden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/hoffa-and-brennan-formed-a-trucking-company-called-test-fleet-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/charles-brandt-2101_business_hoffa-and-brennan-formed-a-trucking-comp_9061.jpg) > [“The jury was composed of eight blacks and four whites. Hoffa and his attorney, the legendary Edward Bennett Williams, struck only white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-jury-was-composed-of-eight-blacks-and-four-whites-hoffa-and-his/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/charles-brandt-2101_old-friends_the-jury-was-composed-of-eight-blacks-an_1982078.jpg) > [“The jury hung at eleven to one. Promptly a new jury was impaneled. During the second trial a member of the jury…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-jury-hung-at-eleven-to-one-promptly-a-new-jury-was-impaneled/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_the-jury-hung-at-eleven-to-one-promptly_2206827.jpg) > [“Jimmy Hoffa’s first notoriety in union work was as the leader of a successful strike by the “Strawberry Boys.” He became identified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/jimmy-hoffa-s-first-notoriety-in-union-work-was-as-the-leader-of-a/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/charles-brandt-2101_american-history_jimmy-hoffa-s-first-notoriety-in-union-w_1073628.jpg) > [“Jimmy had a loyal supporter in Puerto Rico named Frank Chavez. But however, Frank Chavez was a definite troublemaker. He was very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/jimmy-had-a-loyal-supporter-in-puerto-rico-named-frank-chavez-but/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/charles-brandt-2101_bad-thing_jimmy-had-a-loyal-supporter-in-puerto-ri_2700826.jpg) > [“Bobby Kennedy gave Cheasty a job with the committee at a salary of $5,000 a year. The FBI planted microphones and set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/bobby-kennedy-gave-cheasty-a-job-with-the-committee-at-a-salary-of-5/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-gave-cheasty-a-job-with-th_598099.jpg) > [“Jimmy did a lot of business with our friends, but he always did it on Jimmy Hoffa’s terms. That pension fund was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/jimmy-did-a-lot-of-business-with-our-friends-but-he-always-did-it-on/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/charles-brandt-2101_business_jimmy-did-a-lot-of-business-with-our-fri_2926040.jpg) > [“Future presidential candidates Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona and Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts were members of the committee. The committee’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/future-presidential-candidates-senator-barry-goldwater-of-arizona-and/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/charles-brandt-2101_attorney-general_future-presidential-candidates-senator-b_3208893.jpg) > [“Jimmy Hoffa once said to Frank Sheeran enthusiastically, “If you got it, Irish, a truck driver brought it to you. Don’t ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/jimmy-hoffa-once-said-to-frank-sheeran-enthusiastically-if-you-got-it/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_jimmy-hoffa-once-said-to-frank-sheeran-e_2147531.jpg) > [“Rebel factions are like Nazi collaborators during the war, like they had in Norway and France,” Bill Isabel told me. “Jimmy Hoffa…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/rebel-factions-are-like-nazi-collaborators-during-the-war-like-they/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/charles-brandt-2101_jimmy-hoffa_rebel-factions-are-like-nazi-collaborato_3093562.jpg) > [“The Teamsters pension fund organized by Hoffa almost immediately became a source of loans to the national crime syndicate known to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-teamsters-pension-fund-organized-by-hoffa-almost-immediately/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/charles-brandt-2101_atlantic-city_the-teamsters-pension-fund-organized-by_790754.jpg) > [“The next year, Kroger refused to negotiate a new contract, and Hoffa’s victory was short-lived. But on the strength of his stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-next-year-kroger-refused-to-negotiate-a-new-contract-and-hoffa-s/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/charles-brandt-2101_labor-movement_the-next-year-kroger-refused-to-negotiat_785826.jpg) > [“Born on St. Valentine’s Day in 1913, Jimmy Hoffa was seven years older than Frank Sheeran. Yet both grew to manhood in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/born-on-st-valentine-s-day-in-1913-jimmy-hoffa-was-seven-years-older/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/charles-brandt-2101_great-depression_born-on-st-valentine-s-day-in-1913-jimmy_1079026.jpg) ## More by Charles Brandt > [“You fat fuck,” I said and jumped up and decked him. I broke his jaw, and they expelled me permanently on the spot. Naturally,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/you-fat-fuck-i-said-and-jumped-up-and-decked-him-i-broke-his-jaw-and/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Hoffa and Brennan formed a trucking company called Test Fleet. The “brains” and his partner put that company in their wives’ maiden names. Test…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/hoffa-and-brennan-formed-a-trucking-company-called-test-fleet-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“People in those days didn’t display affection like they do today. I’m still learning how to be affectionate to my grandchildren. I don’t ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/people-in-those-days-didn-t-display-affection-like-they-do-today-i-m/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Whispers was one of these short Italian guys in his early thirties that you’d see all around South Philly, just trying to get by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/whispers-was-one-of-these-short-italian-guys-in-his-early-thirties/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“And under the contract, management couldn’t fire a Teamster unless they had certain grounds. They had none. Stealing was grounds only if they could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/and-under-the-contract-management-couldn-t-fire-a-teamster-unless/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“But back then we had to amuse ourselves, and fighting seemed to be all we had. Looking back, it was good for us. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/but-back-then-we-had-to-amuse-ourselves-and-fighting-seemed-to-be-all/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Mary liked to arrange picnics with the kids, and we’d take them to the Willow Grove Amusement Park. I wasn’t always running. When they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/mary-liked-to-arrange-picnics-with-the-kids-and-we-d-take-them-to-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“And on the other side of the ledger, unions like the Teamsters often employed their own muscle, their own reigns of terror, including bombings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/and-on-the-other-side-of-the-ledger-unions-like-the-teamsters-often/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Only in the movies or comic books do people say they want you to go and hit somebody. All they ever say is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/only-in-the-movies-or-comic-books-do-people-say-they-want-you-to-go/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“As I learned the ropes I learned that for many good and sound reasons the bosses and the captains sent a guy to whack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/as-i-learned-the-ropes-i-learned-that-for-many-good-and-sound-reasons/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Russell had taken me with him to Cuba just when Castro was starting to kick everybody out and confiscate their casinos and racetracks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russell-had-taken-me-with-him-to-cuba-just-when-castro-was-starting/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“You didn’t know who to trust, but you kept taking cabbies aside and persuading them to sign a card. For some reason there were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/you-didn-t-know-who-to-trust-but-you-kept-taking-cabbies-aside-and/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Russ quit smoking on a bet with Jimmy Blue Eyes,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russ-quit-smoking-on-a-bet-with-jimmy-blue-eyes/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“they wanted the guy left right there on the sidewalk as a message to those who needed to know the guy did not get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/they-wanted-the-guy-left-right-there-on-the-sidewalk-as-a-message-to/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Carlos Marcello and the war orphans did cross my mind during the drive, and I sat the whole way facing the driver. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/carlos-marcello-and-the-war-orphans-did-cross-my-mind-during-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jimmy-hoffa/charles-brandt/#itemlist", "name": "27 Jimmy hoffa Quotes By Charles Brandt", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As a consequence there was no admissible evidence with which to bury Jimmy Hoffa, and the perjury indictment was dismissed.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Brandt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/as-a-consequence-there-was-no-admissible-evidence-with-which-to-bury/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/charles-brandt-2101_jimmy-hoffa_as-a-consequence-there-was-no-admissible_3210140.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/charles-brandt-2101_jimmy-hoffa_as-a-consequence-there-was-no-admissible_3210140.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/charles-brandt-2101_jimmy-hoffa_as-a-consequence-there-was-no-admissible_3210140.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As a consequence there was no admissible evidence with which to bury Jimmy Hoffa, and the perjury indictment…” — Charles Brandt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Bobby Kennedy called Jimmy Hoffa “the most powerful man in the country next to the president.” Part”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Brandt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-most-powerful-man-in-the-country/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-mos_3050783.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-mos_3050783.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-mos_3050783.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Bobby Kennedy called Jimmy Hoffa “the most powerful man in the country next to the president.” Part” — Charles Brandt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Yet during a twenty-year period there wasn’t an American alive who wouldn’t have recognized Jimmy Hoffa immediately, the way Tony Soprano is recognized today. The vast majority of Americans would have known him by the sound of his voice alone. From 1955 until 1965 Jimmy Hoffa was as famous as Elvis. From 1965 until 1975 Jimmy Hoffa was as famous as the Beatles. 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Although Hoffa was still alive when the book came out and had literally just walked out of jail, Bobby Kennedy had been dead for four years. 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He’s worked too hard to build what we have. He’s the first one up in the morning and the last one in bed at night. Look at how much better off we all are today. The rebels didn’t give us shit. Jimmy won it all. 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With its own private bank, this crime monopoly grew and flourished. Teamsters-funded ventures, especially the construction of casinos in Havana and Las Vegas, where dreams come true for the godfather entrepreneurs. The sky was the limit and more was anticipated. At the time of Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance in 1975 Atlantic City was about to open up to legalized gambling. 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