Quotes by Al Capone

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

— Al Capone

Wisdom

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

— Al Capone

Wisdom

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

— Al Capone

Wisdom

I have built my organization upon fear.

— Al Capone

Courage

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

— Al Capone

Wisdom

Now I know why tigers eat their young.

— Al Capone

Wisdom

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble.

— Al Capone

Wisdom

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.

— Al Capone

Wisdom

Vote early and vote often.

— Al Capone

Wisdom

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

— Al Capone

Wisdom

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

— Al Capone

Wisdom