Mob Rules

by Louis Ferrante

  167 Senator Tobey: “You must”: Kefauver Hearing, March 19, 1951.

  169 “Don’t worry about”: George Anastasia, Blood and Honor: Inside the Scarfo Mob, the Mafia’s Most Violent Family (New York: William Morrow, 1991), p. 89.

  170 Wishful thinking is: Steve Adubato, What Were They Thinking?: Crisis Communication—The Good, the Bad, and the Totally Clueless (Piscataway, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2008), p. 235.

  171 Perseus fell upon: Livy, A History of Rome, Selections, Book 40, 182–179 B.C., trans. Moses Hadas and Joe P. Poe (New York: The Modern Library, 1962), p. 383.

  173 A table at: Alex Witchel, “A Table at Rao’s? Forgetaboutit,” New York Times, February 14, 1996.

  174 They don’t let you: Selwyn Raab, Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empires (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2005), p. 199.

  175 We got Jews: Jonathan Kwitny, Vicious Circles: The Mafia in the Marketplace (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1979), p. 66.

  176 I think [mobsters are]: Peter Maas, Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano’s Story of Life in the Mafia (New York: HarperTorch, 1997), p. 134.

  177 The women became: Roberto Saviano, Gomorrah:A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples’ Organized Crime System, trans. Virginia Jewiss (New York: Picador, 2008), p. 144.

  177 “I don’t interfere”: Richard West, Tito and the Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1996), p. 330.

  178 His character and manners: Plutarch, Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, trans. John Dryden, rev. Arthur Hugh Clough (New York: The Modern Library, 1950), p. 11.

  178 “I’ve barely been”: Clare Longrigg, Boss of Bosses: A Journey into the Heart of the Sicilian Mafia (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2008), p. 177.

  178 “We’ve been his”: Ibid.

  180 One thing Santo: Frank Ragano and Selwyn Raab, Mob Lawyer: Including the Inside Account of Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa and JFK (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1994), p. 218.

  181 When a mobster died: Ibid., p. 294.

  182 [Capone] says we: Carl Sifakis, The Mafia Encyclopedia: From Accardo to Zwillman, Third Edition (New York: Checkmark Books, 2005), p. 94.

  183 Many a poor family: Robert J. Schoenberg, Mr. Capone: The Real—and Complete—Story of Al Capone (New York: William Morrow & Co., 1992), p. 292.

  185 After business, Carlos: John H. Davis, Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy (New York: Signet, 1989), p. 66.

  185 “aloft in order to . . .”: Ross King, Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (New York: Walker Publishing Co., 2000), p. 51.

  185 [Tony] Bananas always hosted: George Fresolone and Robert J. Wagman, Blood Oath: The Heroic Story of a Gangster Turned Government Agent Who Brought Down One of America’s Most Powerful Mob Families (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994), p. 59.

  188 “[Napoleon’s] presence on”: Robin Neillands, Wellington and Napoleon: A Clash of Arms (New York: Sterling Pub., 2002), p. 45.

  188 “The real reason”: Christopher Hibbert, Wellington: A Personal History (Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1997), p. 14.

  190 Joe had a genius: Gus Russo, The Outfit: The Role of Chicago’s Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America (New York: Bloomsbury, 2001), p. 366.

  196 This is Joey: Anthony M. DeStefano, The Last Godfather: Joseph Massino and the Fall of the Bonanno Crime Family (New York: Citadel Press, 2006), p. 168.

  197 “There’s plenty for”: Robert J. Schoenberg, Mr. Capone: The Real—and Complete—Story of Al Capone (New York: William Morrow & Co., 1992), p. 24.

  198 “The essence of racketeering”: Michael Riley, “A new tack Against Wal-Mart,” Denver Post, September 6, 2004, p. C-01.

  199 The logic of criminal: Roberto Saviano, Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples’ Organized Crime System, trans. Virginia Jewiss (New York: Picador, 2008), p. 113.

  207 He will always be: J. K. Hoyt, The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin & Modern Foreign Languages, A New Edition, revised, corrected and enlarged (New York: Funk and Wagnall’s, 1896), p. 705.

  208 The most successful CEOs: David Prosser, “The Dizzy Heights,” The Independent (London), June 15, 2010, p. 10.

  210 My father always said: John Gotti, Jr., 60 Minutes interview with Steve Kroft, April 11, 2010.

  211 Colombo had to go: Joey Black and David Fisher, Joey the Hitman: The Autobiography of a Mafia Killer (New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2002), p. 201.

  211 I liked running booze: T. J. English, Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster (New York: Regan Books, 2005), p. 144.

  216 [Provenzano] was worried: Clare Longrigg, Boss of Bosses: A Journey into the Heart of the Sicilian Mafia (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2008), p. 208.

  216 I started learning about guns: Albert DeMeo and Mary Jane Ross, For the Sins of My Father: A Mafia Killer, His Son, and the Legacy of a Mob Life (New York: Broadway Books, 2003), pp. 51–52.

  217 I rule with: Clare Longrigg, Boss of Bosses: A Journey into the Heart of the Sicilian Mafia (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2008), p. 178.

  218 “I am Fuhrer”: John Toland, Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography (New York: Anchor Books, 1992), p. 693.

  219 “This is gonna be”: Michael Woodiwiss, Organized Crime and American Power: A History (Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2001), p. 287.

  219 “We have the finest”: Kenneth Lay e-mail to Enron employees, August 8, 2001, “The Enron Investigation: Key Documents,” Washington Post Online.

  219 The pride of your heart: Archaeologcal Study Bible: An Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History and Culture, ed. Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., and Duane Garrett (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Press, 2005), p. 1278.

  221 “by force and by fraud”: Niccolo Machiavelli, The Discourses, ed. Bernard Crick, trans. Leslie J. Walker, S.J., rev. Brian Richardson (New York: Penguin Books, 1978), p. 310.

  222 “When the immortal”: Julius Caesar, The Gallic Wars and the Civil War, trans. John Worrington (London: Heron Books, 1970), p. 7.

  222 Virtue’s a thing that: Plutarch, Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, trans. John Dryden, rev. Arthur Hugh Clough (New York: The Modern Library, 1950), p. 98.

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