Al Capone Quotes

Do not mistake my kindness for weakness, I am kid to everyone, but if you are unkind to my it will not be weakness that you will remember me for.

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 if we seize it with both hands and make the most of it.

They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money.

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

We been on the road for 18 hours ... I need a bath, some chow ... and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies,eh?

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

I've lost a million and a half on the horses and dice in the last two years. And the funny part is, I still like 'em, and if someone handed me another million I'd put it right in the nose
of some horse that looked good to me.

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

My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.

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

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

Now I know why tigers eat their young.

I did it for the love of cash your honer, traffickin' cross the verrazano, coke dealin marijuana

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

Don't mistake kindness for weakness

Public service is my motto.

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

I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the job-it's a thankless one and full of grief. I've been spending the best years of my life as a public benefactor.

Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.

Find the toughest guy in the room. Embrace him like a brother. And then slam his head against the wall.

Bolshevism is knocking at our gates, we can't afford to let it in ... We must keep America whole and safe and unspoiled. We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses; we must see that his mind remains healthy.

Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.

I'm a kind person, I'm kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you'll remember me for

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

I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.

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

Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

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