My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.
Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.
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 seize it with both hands and make the most of it.
Prohibition has made nothing but trouble
A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.
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.