A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression… — Sam Branson Copy Share Image
We must regard Sarah Palin as the Carmella Soprano of the GOP -- an enabling wife of organized crime, who sees, hears… — Cintra Wilson Copy Share Image
When you get to political machines that can control a state, then you're really into organized crime - almost. You're fighting a… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“First-order consequences of Prohibition: alcohol is made illegal, legitimate producers of alcohol go out of business, decrease in drinking. Second-order consequences… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
Once I got interested in organized crime, and, specifically, Jewish organized crime, I got very interested in it. I have learned that,… — Zachary Lazar Copy Share Image
Whether my acting was obscene, or whether it was distasteful, well, Judge Rehnquist, who just recently passed away couldn't define pornography. His… — Harry Reems Copy Share Image
Any time that you have a sporting event with a Vegas line to it, there's always going to be somebody involved in… — Tim Donaghy Copy Share Image
Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
“Later that same year John F. Kennedy was elected president by a thin margin. The first thing he did was appoint his… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
Drugs are available to those who want them. And where are those profits going? Into organized crime, [to criminals] who spend their… — Sam Branson Copy Share Image
“When the payoff for organizing violence at a large scale tumbles, the payoff from violence at a smaller scale is likely to… — James Dale Davidson Copy Share Image
Illegal killings of elephants are being linked to organized crime and the funding of armed militia groups. Many consumers in Asia do… — Li Bingbing Copy Share Image
“Ring One is where my people live. Well, not my people, but the closest thing I want to find: the freaks, the… — Corey J. White Copy Share Image
Don't lie,Tell one lie,then you gotta tell another lie to compound on the first. — Meyer Lansky Copy Share Image
The government in Havana is best understood as a cross between violent left-wing radicals and organized crime. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“To the extent that the threats against which a given government protects its citizens are imaginary or are consequences of its own… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
“Time magazine reported in June 1975, a week before the assassination of Sam “Momo” Giancana in Chicago and a month before the… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
Terrorists are as big a threat to our future, perhaps bigger, than organized crime. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“Love is like organized crime. It changes the structure of marriage game so that the equilibrium becomes the outcome that works for… — Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths Copy Share Image
Judges,lawyers an politicians have a license to steal.We don't need one. — Carlo Gambino Copy Share Image