Al Capone

You can get farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone

— 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…

— Al Capone

What? You talk to me like that in front of my son? Fuck you and your family!

— Al Capone

Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else…

— Al Capone

Vote early and vote often.

— 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…

— Al Capone

Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.

— Al Capone

I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all…

— Al Capone

All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.

— 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…

— Al Capone

When I sell liquor, it's bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it's hospitality.

— Al Capone

I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want,

— Al Capone

These guys are not from the Iraqi army, ... These are not Iraqi soldiers. They are not members of any of the…

— Al Capone

A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.

— Al Capone

They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.

— Al Capone

You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.

— Al Capone

Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.

— Al Capone

I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.

— Al Capone

You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

— Al Capone

I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm…

— Al Capone

Public service is my motto.

— Al Capone

Bolshevism is knocking at our gates, we can't afford to let it in...We must keep America whole and safe and unspoiled. We…

— Al Capone

Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.

— Al Capone

Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe,…

— Al Capone

It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.

— Al Capone