Quotes from Al Capone

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

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

Once in the racket you're always in it.

Remember to vote early -- and often.

This American system of ours . . . call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.

You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.

They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money.

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

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

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

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.

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

A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big politician.

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

In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.

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

You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.

You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man.

Now I know why tigers eat their young.

I got nothing against the honest cop on the beat, the kind you can't buy. You just have to have them transferred someplace where they can't do you any harm.

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

I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.