Al Capone
Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Caponewas an American gangster who attained fame during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he was 33 years old...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCriminal
Date of Birth17 January 1899
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
racket
Once in the racket you're always in it.
guy racket crooked
It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
class mafia racket
Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
afford america bolshevism knocking literature mind red remains safe worker
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.
alone farther
You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
lake sell serve shore
When I sell liquor, its called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, its called hospitality
sell shore
When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality.
running lines way
My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.
humorous canada streets
I don't even know what street Canada is on.
fire chicago hung
They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.
drinking demand supply-and-demand
All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.
witty humorous voting
Vote early and vote often.
army guy soldier
These guys are not from the Iraqi army, ... These are not Iraqi soldiers. They are not members of any of the Iraqi armed forces.
organization built
I have built my organization upon fear.