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Alphonse Gabriel Capone (/ˈæl kəˈpoʊn/; Italian: [kaˈpone]; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American mobster, crime boss, and businessman who attained notoriety 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.

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Public service is my motto.

Motto, My Motto, Public, Public Service, Service

Once in the racket you're always in it.

Racket

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

Bootlegging, Class, Legitimate, Mafia, Racket

All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.

Demand, Drinking, Popular, Pretty, Supply, Supply And Demand

I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.

Affluent, Earth, Greedy, Hell, Poverty, Rich

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

American, Idea, Ideas, Political, Politics, System

They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.

Collect, Illegal, Legal, Money, Taxes

We been on the road for 18 hours. . . I need a bath, some chow. . . and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies,eh?

Baths, Chow, Down, Down And, Needs, Talk

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

Gives, Giving, Hands, Hang, Opportunity

I've lost a million and a half on the horses and dice in the last two years. And the funny part is, I still like 'em, and if someone handed me another million I'd put it right in the nose of some horse that looked good to me.

Horse, Looked, Lost, Right, Two, Years

I don't even know what street Canada is on.

Canada, Humorous, Know, Street, Streets

I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.

Accused, Death, Except, Lists, War, World

You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.

Gun, Kind, Power, Word

Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.

Guy, Hell, Keep, Pretty, Religion, Trying

Now I know why tigers eat their young.

Eat, Knows, Tigers, Young

A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.

Further, Gun, Smile

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

Made, Nothing, Prohibition, Trouble

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.

Bad, Light, Sick, Tired

Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.

Bootlegging, Business, Call, Racketeering

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

Accomplish, Gun, Handshake, Smile

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