"Don't get the idea that I'm knocking the American system."
- Al Capone (1899 - 1947)

"I have built my organization upon fear."
- Al Capone (1899 - 1947)

"If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you."
- Al Capone (1899 - 1947)

"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 (1899 - 1947)

"When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on silver trays on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality."
- Al Capone (1899 - 1947)

"You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."
- Al Capone (1899 - 1947)