All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.

Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'

I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the job-it's a thankless one and full of grief. I've been spending the best years of my life as a public benefactor.

Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.

Public service is my motto.

Once in the racket you're always in it.

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