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

Inquisitiveness is the most useful talent.

The parasites will trail you, begging for money and favours, and you can never get away from them no matter where you go.

We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses; we must see that his mind remains healthy.

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

I’ve been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.

You’d be surprised if you know some of the fellows I’ve got to take care of.

Once you’re in the racket, you’re always in it.

All I ever did was sell beer and whiskey to our best people.

It seems like I’m responsible for every crime that takes place in this country.

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

They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

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

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

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

In this life, all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for anybody.

Now I know why tigers eat their young.

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