Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
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.'
Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.
All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.
Prohibition has made nothing but trouble
Bolshevism is knocking at our gates, we can't afford to let it in...We must keep America whole and safe and unspoiled. We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses; we must see that his mind remains healthy.