I leave you the best phrases of Al Capone, probably the best known gangster of all time. The son of Italian immigrants and also known as "Scarface" (Scarface), he was the leader of the Chicago mafia during the era of Prohibition in the United States.
Before the phrases, did you know those curiosities?
- On his business card he said he was an antiques dealer.
- He was a member of the criminal organization "Gang of Five Points", which is mentioned in the movie "Gangs of New York".
- He had 8 siblings. Five of them were involved in criminal activities.
- He was nicknamed "Scarface" from a scar on his face caused by a fight with Frank Gallucio.
- He caused numerous crimes, the most famous being "the Valentine's Massacre" in February 1929
- Despite his numerous crimes, he was only prosecuted in 1931 by agent Eddie O'Hare, who found out that the gangster did not pay his taxes. He had no choice but to confess the crime of fraud to the treasury for more than 300 million dollars. For this crime, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison in Atlanta, although he was later transferred to Alcatraz to prevent him from running operations from prison.
- He had hundreds of gunmen at his service and 18 bodyguards who guarded his person and his possessions.
-You can go very far with a smile. You can go much further with a smile and a gun.
-Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
-Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is not to me, weakness is not what you will remember about me.
-You can achieve much more with a kind word and a gun than with a single kind word.
-Now I know why tigers eat their young.
-I have been charged with every death except from the World War casualty list.
-Be careful who you consider your friends. I'd rather have four quarters than a hundred pence.
-I'm like any other man. All I do is cover a lawsuit.
-Vote early and vote often.
-Don't get the idea that I'm one of those radicals. Don't get the idea that I'm hitting the American system.
-I don't even know what street Canada is on.
-I have built my organization on fear.
-The ban has caused nothing but problems.
-I have spent the best years of my life giving people the best pleasures, helping them have good times and what I get is abuse, the existence of a persecuted man.