I have built my organization upon fear.

You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.

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

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.

Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.

I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.

I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.