Quotes from Al Capone

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble.

When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality.

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

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

I don't even know what street Canada is on.

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 only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.

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

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

I have built my organization upon fear.

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