Mafia Quotes

• The IRS! They're like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Funny, Irs, Want

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• Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

  Mario Puzo

  Inspirational, Movie, Hollywood Films

  The Godfather: Part II (motion picture) (1974). Coauthored with Francis Ford Coppola.

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• You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

  Martin Scorsese

  Home, Bullshit, Church

  "Mean Streets". www.imdb.com. 1973.

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• As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

  Ray Liotta

  Movie, Mobster, Remember

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• Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

  Steve Allen

  Government, Balance, Politician

  Steve Allen (1994). “Reflections”

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• Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

  Al Capone

  Class, Bootlegging, Racket

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• So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such as the Mafia. So to be more precise, government is the agency of coercion that has flags in front of its offices.

  Harry Browne

  Agency, Government, Office

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• Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

  Douglas Horton

  Attention, Chance, Desperation

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• The Monkees are like the mafia. You're in for life. Nobody gets out.

  Davy Jones

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• A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.

  Mario Puzo

  Real, Men, Gangster Movie

  "Fictional character: Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• When you get to political machines that can control a state, then you're really into organized crime - almost. You're fighting a political mafia.

  Frank Capra

  Fighting, Political, Machines

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Mafia is a process,not a thing. Mafia is a form of clan - cooperation to which it's individual members pledge lifelong loyalty....Friendship, connections, family ties, trust, loyalty, obedience - this was the glue that held us together.

  Joseph Bonanno

  Loyalty, Ties, Together

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• I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Marlon Brando

  Movie, Film History, Hollywood Films

  "Fictional character: Don Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. March 14, 1972.

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• I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Mario Puzo

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Film History

  The Godfather ch. 1 (1969)

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• The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.

  Davy Jones

  Racing, Going Away, Bugs

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• There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia.

  David Remnick

  Russia, Class, World

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• I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the working man, the guy who's the cop, the fireman, the truck driver, the bus driver.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Real, Italian, Men

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• Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA.

  Stanley Crouch

  Dog, Liars, School

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• The Communist Party apparatus was the most gigantic mafia the world has ever known.

  David Remnick

  Party, World, Communist

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• I usually lump organized religion, organized labor, and organized crime together. The Mafia gets points for having the best restaurants

  Dave Beard

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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• I don't think I will do a Mafia character again. I want to get away from the violence a little bit, because it is starting to bother me personally.

  James Gandolfini

  Character, Thinking, Want

  "Gandolfini Tires of Sopranos' Violence", abcnews.go.com.

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• A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.

  Russell Baker

  Sunday, America, Political

  "The Morals Charge". The New York Times, May 14, 1974.

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• A rumor that followed me forever was that my family was in the mafia. For years I had to live with it. They'd call me the mafia princess, so I rolled with it for the rest of high school. People even joke about it today.

  Giuliana Rancic

  Princess, School, Years

  Interview with Seventeen Magazine, www.seventeen.com. November 17, 2008.

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• When the Communist Party comes to power, it acts a lot like the mafia: If you are a loyal member in good standing, everything is yours. You're protected, even if you commit a crime.

  Josef Skvorecky

  Party, Loyal, Crime

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• Fredo, you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the Family again. Ever.

  Mario Puzo

  Brother, Love You, I Love My Family

  "Fictional character: Michael". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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