"I'm not an educated man, but I've read……" — Mickey Cohen

"I'm not an educated man, but I've read some history. Every kingdom comes up bloody. Every castle is built on a pile of bones. When I came out here, LA was nothing. Back east I was a gangster, out here I'm god."

— Mickey Cohen

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