"They all know I'm back, very much back, and that I will be the general president again come hell or high water."

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“Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a strike?”

“When you run an organization like the Teamsters one man has to be the boss and run things.”

“I do to others what they do to me, only worse.”

“You almost had to live through it to really know the gut ripping misery of the depression during the early thirties which led to labor's bloodiest and most violent days.”

“Power leads to more power, no matter what your racket, and not only were they rich and influential but they were smart as hell, too.”

“When you go to prison they forget it's your Constitution, too.”

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