In This Life All That I Have

I Got Nothing Against The Honest Cop On The Beat. You Just Have Them Transferred Someplace Where They Can't Do You Any Harm. But Don't Ever Talk To Me About The Honor Of Police Captains Or Judges. If They Couldn't Be Bought They Wouldn't Have The Job.

A Crook Is A Crook, And There's Something Healthy About His Frankness In The Matter. But Any Guy Who Pretends He Is Enforcing The Law And Steals On His Authority Is A Swell Snake. The Worst Type Of These Punks Is The Big Politician. You Can Only Get A Little Of His Time Because He Spends So Much Time Covering Up That No One Will Know That He Is A Thief. A Hard-working Crook Will-and Can-get Those Birds By The Dozen, But Right Down In His Heart He Won't Depend On Them-hates The Sight Of Them.

When I Sell Liquor, It's Bootlegging. When My Patrons Serve It On A Silver Tray On Lakeshore Drive, It's Hospitality.

Every Time A Boy Falls Off A Tricycle, Every Time A Black Cat Has Gray Kittens, Every Time Someone Stubs A Toe, Every Time There's A Murder Or A Fire Or The Marines Land In Nicaragua, The Police And The Newspapers Holler 'get Capone.'

This American System Of Ours,call It Americanism,call It Capitalism,call It What You Will,gives Each And Every One Of Us A Great Opportunity If We Seize It With Both Hands And Make The Most Of It.