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Sure, we loaned money to build hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. So what? Las Vegas borrowers were good customers.

— Jimmy Hoffa Hoffa The Real Story (1975)

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When you run an organization like the Teamsters one man has to be the boss and run things.

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Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a strike?

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It has to be considered damned unusual that no other union was ever investigated.

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When you go to prison they forget it's your Constitution, too.

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Power leads to more power, no matter what your racket, and not only were they rich and influential but they were smart as hell, too.

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