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.

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble.

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

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.

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

Now I know why tigers eat their young.

I have built my organization upon fear.

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

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

Vote early and vote often.

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

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