Peter Edwards > Quotes

“If you expect the worst, you can only be suprised”
― Peter Edwards

“Squeezing too hard on people outside the underworld—or “legits”—was a recipe for disaster. Squeeze legits too hard and they run to the police. Montagna didn’t seem to understand or care.”
― Peter Edwards, Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War

“Uh, after the meeting was over, this is what … I didn’t see it but I heard that uh, [Platinum official] Mark [Peretz] … and uh, his bodyguard [Paris Christoforou of the Hells Angels] I guess … kicked [Modica] in the face and put a … gun in his mouth.”
― Peter Edwards, Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War

“There’s a joke that when the economy got tough for Vito and his father, they laid off judges, politicians and CEOs.”
― Peter Edwards, Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War

“Another bankable truth is that the ultimate goal of the Mafia is not money but power. Money is simply a tried-and-true way of attaining the power and influence that makes a family respected for generations. Not”
― Peter Edwards, Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War