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„This is virgin territory out here for whorehouses.“
„Once you’re in the racket, you’re always in it. The parasites will trail you, begging for money and favors, and you can never get away from them no matter where you go.“
„They talk about me not being legitimate. Nobody’s on the legit, You know that and so do they. Nobody’s really-on the legit when it comes down to cases.“
„I’ve seen gambling houses, too-in my travels, you understand-and I never saw anyone point a gun at a man and make him go in. Tve never heard of anyone being forced to go to a place to have some fun.“
„I wanted to stop all that because I couldn’t stand hearing my little kid ask why I didn’t stay home. I had been living at the Hawthorne Inn for fourteen months… If it wasn’t for him, I’d have said, To hell with you fellows. We’ll shoot it out.“
„Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies. “
„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.“
„I’ve been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.“
„All I ever did was sell beer and whiskey to our best people. All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular. Why, the very guys that make my trade good are the ones that yell the loudest about me. Some of the leading judges use the stuff.“
„Ninety percent of the people of Cook County drink and gamble and my offense has been to furnish them with those amusements. Whatever else they may say, my booze has been good and my games have been on the square. Public service has been my motto.“
„I violate the Prohibition law, sure, Who doesn’t? The only difference is that I take more chances than the man who drinks a cocktail before dinner and a flock of highballs after it.“
„The country wanted booze and I organized it. Why should I be called a public enemy?“
„The funny part of the whole thing is that a man in this line of business has so much company. I mean his customers. If people did not want beer and wouldn’t drink it, a fellow would be crazy for going around trying to sell it!“
„Some of the biggest Drys in the country buy from me and have for years, so let’s stop kidding.“
„I give the public what it wants. I never had to send out high-pressure salesmen. I could never meet the demand.“
„Hell, it’s a business… All I do is supply a public demand. I do it in the best and least harmful way I can. I can’t change the conditions. I just meet them without backing up.“
„I never stuck up a man in my life. Neither did any of my agents ever rob anybody or burglarize any homes while they worked for me. They might have pulled plenty of jobs before they came with me or after they left me, but not while they were in my outfit.“
„When I sell liquor, they call it bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on silver trays on Lake Shore Drive, they call it hospitality.“
„A crook is a crook, and there’s something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But the guy who pretends he’s enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake.“
„Nobody wanted Prohibition. This town voted six to one against it. Somebody had to throw some liquor on that thirst. Why not me?“
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