“The majority of the human race are dubs and dumbells. They have rotten judgement and no brains, and when you have learned to do things and how to size people up and dope out methods for yourself, they jump to the conclusion that you are crooked.”
— Arnold Rothstein as transcribed by David Pietrusza, Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series
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