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Джеймс Риддли «Джимми» Хоффа — американский профсоюзный лидер, неожиданно исчезнувший при загадочных обстоятельствах. Его исчезновение породило множество слухов. Один из них, упорно муссировавшийся в СМИ, утверждает, что он был похоронен на поле стадиона Giants Stadium.

✵ 14. Февраль 1913 – 30. Июль 1982
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“I do to others what they do to me, only worse.”

Arthur A. Sloane, Hoffa, p. 77

“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.”

Источник: Hoffa The Real Story (1975), Chapter 6, The Start of the Frame-Up, p. 101 (On the Kennedy family...)

“We never had any silk sheets in our family…”

Источник: Hoffa The Real Story (1975), Chapter 5, The Spoiled Brat, p. 96

“It has to be considered damned unusual that no other union was ever investigated.”

Источник: Hoffa The Real Story (1975), Chapter 6, The Start of the Frame-Up, p. 103

“Nobody in this country respects what's weak. You believe me!”

CBC Television Interview, Washington, 1960 Watch it Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWitsAgxd8U
Контексте: Nobody in this country respects what's weak. You believe me!
If you see a beggar on a corner, with his hat in his hand, nobody respects him.
Dress the same man up, give him an air of dignity, and he can command respect.
The same thing applies to this union.

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

Источник: Hoffa The Real Story (1975), Chapter 12, Convict, p. 187

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

Источник: Hoffa The Real Story (1975), Chapter 1, I'll Be Back, p. 24

“I let him strain for a couple of seconds. Then like taking candy from a baby, I flipped his arm over and cracked his knuckles on the top of the table. It was strictly no contest and he knew it. But he had to try again. Same results.”

Источник: Hoffa The Real Story (1975), Chapter 5, The Spoiled Brat, p. 98 (Arm wrestling Robert Kennedy, February 19, 1957, Chevy Chase, Maryland)

“Sure, we loaned money to build hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. So what? Las Vegas borrowers were good customers.”

Источник: Hoffa The Real Story (1975), Chapter 7, Gangsters and the "Irish Mafia", p. 119

“A slab of bread "buttered" with lard and, if you were lucky, seasoned with salt and pepper, was a luxury.”

Источник: Hoffa The Real Story (1975), Chapter 2, How It All Started, p. 28

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

Источник: Hoffa The Real Story (1975), Chapter 5, The Spoiled Brat, p. 92

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

Источник: Hoffa The Real Story (1975), Chapter 1, I'll Be Back, p. 22-23

“Hell, I'm not saying I'm an angel, but when it came to dirty tricks I couldn't hold a candle to the Irish Mafia.”

Источник: Hoffa The Real Story (1975), Chapter 7, Gangsters and the "Irish Mafia", p. 128

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