Al Capone Quotes

1899–1947 United States

Alphonse Gabriel Capone (17 January 1899 – 25 January 1947), popularly known as Al "Scarface" Capone, was an American gangster active in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Also known as: Capone, Al

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

This is virgin territory out here for whorehouses.

Do I do business with Canadian racketeers? I don't even know what street Canada is on.

Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada (2009)

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.

How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)

Don't get the idea that I'm one of these goddamn radicals. Don't get the idea that I'm knocking the American system.

In Time of Trouble (1956)

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

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Al Capone (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.