Mafia Quotes

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.”
― Frédéric Bastiat

“If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter.”
― John Gottman (

“Never show anger at slight, tell nothing. Earn respect from everyone by deeds, not Words. Respect the members of your Blood Family. Gambling was Recreation, not a way to earn a Living. Love your Father, your Mother,
your Sister but beware of Loving any other Woman than your Wife. And a Wife was a woman who bore your Children. And once that happened to You, your Life was Forfeit to give them their daily bread”
― Mario Puzo, The Last Don

“He'd always been a man who followed his head and not his heart.The heart was just a bloody motor.The head was meant to drive”
― Mario Puzo

“Socialism is an alternative to capitalism as potassium cyanide is an alternative to water.”
― Ludwig von Mises, Human Action: A Treatise on Economics

“The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion in the service of their masters.”
― Stefan Molyneux

“Step one, accept she was a damn boss. Step two, hide all the knives, guns, and maybe the pillows, too.”
― J.J. McAvoy, Ruthless People

“The other Dons in the room applauded and rose to shake hands with everybody in sight and to congratulate Don Corleone and Don Tattaglia on their new friendship. It was not perhaps the warmest friendship in the world, they would not send each other Christmas gift greetings, but they would not murder each other. That was friendship enough in this world, all that was needed.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“A cop's JOB is to violently enforce upon the rest of us whatever arbitrary bullshit the political parasites declare to be "law." It is, therefore, impossible to be a "law enforcer" and behave morally, for the same reason one can't be a moral car-jacker.”
― Larken Rose

“And we are not pursuing military information on this trip. At least not about the Russian mafia exchanging Russian-Ukrainian tanks and electronics for their benefit in Syria.”
― Karl Braungart, Lost Identity

“Every step which leads from capitalism toward planning is necessarily a step nearer to absolutism and dictatorship.”
― Ludwig von Mises, Omnipotent Government

“God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals”
― Mario Puzo

“Property taxes' rank right up there with 'income taxes' in terms of immorality and destructiveness. Where 'income taxes' are simply slavery using different words, 'property taxes' are just a Mafia turf racket using different words. For the former, if you earn a living on the gang's turf, they extort you. For the latter, if you own property in their territory, they extort you. The fact that most people still imagine both to be legitimate and acceptable shows just how powerful authoritarian indoctrination is. Meanwhile, even a brief objective examination of the concepts should make anyone see the lunacy of it. 'Wait, so every time I produce anything or trade with anyone, I have to give a cut to the local crime lord??' 'Wait, so I have to keep paying every year, for the privilege of keeping the property I already finished paying for??' And not only do most people not make such obvious observations, but if they hear someone else pointing out such things, the well-trained Stockholm Syndrome slaves usually make arguments condoning their own victimization. Thus is the power of the mind control that comes from repeated exposure to BS political mythology and propaganda.”
― Larken Rose

“I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash and then packing it with ashes until keloid scars rose up.
He called it his second smile.”
― Holly Black, Red Glove

“When the media enjoy such excessive profits from this mass hysteria, what incentive do they have to restrain it?”
― T. Rafael Cimino, The Heir Apparent

“The IRS! They're like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!”
― Jerry Seinfeld

“If the bulk of the public were really convinced of the illegitimacy of the State, if it were convinced that the State is nothing more nor less than a bandit gang writ large, then the State would soon collapse to take on no more status or breadth of existence than another Mafia gang.”
― Murray N. Rothbard, The Ethics of Liberty

“I want to kill this degenerate bastard brother of yours. But I am not selfish, I do not want to deprive you of that honor.”
― William Balsamo, Crime Incorporated: The Inside Story of the Mafia's First 100 Years

“There were a lot of terms you had to learn, as opposed to the shylock business where all you had to know how to say was 'Give me the fuckin money.”
― Elmore Leonard, Get Shorty

“In particular, the State has arrogated to itself a compulsory monopoly over police and military services, the provision of law, judicial decision-making, the mint and the power to create money, unused land ("the public domain"), streets and highways, rivers and coastal waters, and the means of delivering mail...the State relies on control of the levers of propaganda to persuade its subjects to obey or even exalt their rulers.”
― Murray N. Rothbard, The Ethics of Liberty

“Other kids are brought up nice and sent to Harvard and yale.Me?I was brought up like a mushroom.”
― Frank Costello

“There's a proverb, a maxim, that runs, 'The dead man is dead; let's give a hand to the living.' Now, you say that to a man from the North, and he visualizes the scene of an accident with one dead and one injured man; it's reasonable to let the dead man be and to set about saving the injured man. But a Sicilian visualizes a murdered man and his murderer, and the living man who's to be helped is the murderer.”
― Leonardo Sciascia, To Each His Own

“Your reckless streak will be your best friend or your worst enemy.”
― Nancy Mangano, Running Stop Signs

“Слухи о том, что он связан с японской мафией, сделали его в моих глазах еще более привлекательным. Ну кто не хочет иметь своего человека в мафии?”
― Кауи Харт Хеммингс

“You're not driving home if it's late, though. I am accustomed to dropping my women off at their door," he snickered because he knew she'd blush and he wanted her to, "and sometimes I put them to bed.”
― S.W. Frank, Alfonzo

“Maverick DeVille…whoever the fuck that is.”

Dante’s eyes narrowed in recognition. “I recognize that name. His family owns a cheese business outside of Florence. It’s been in their family since the days of kings.”

“My father wants me to marry a guy who smells like cheese?” I asked incredulously, not the least bit impressed with his family wealth. “If he made wine, then at least he would be somewhat useful. But cheese?”
― Penelope Sky, The Wolf and the Sheep

“Fine. Will you wear a wedding ring?”

The question was absurd. “No.”

“So, I have to wear one, but you don’t?”

“It’s different.”

“You mean, it’s sexist?”
― Penelope Sky, The Wolf and the Sheep

“If it weren’t for informants, the public would know nothing about the inner workings of La Cosa Nostra.”
― Nicholas Anthony Parisi, City of Betrayal: The Genovese Family's Springfield Crew

“He already sensed the danger lurking around him. The betrayal circling around his neck like an invisible noose. It didn’t surprise me that he would after a lifetime of it.”
― L. Dianna

“If you ever tried to leave, Lucius, you'll spend the rest of your life wishing you hadn't.”
― Katie Calvert , Tide of Treason