Frases de Jimmy Hoffa

James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa fue un sindicalista estadounidense.

✵ 14. febrero 1913 – 30. julio 1982
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Jimmy Hoffa: Frases en inglés

“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.”

Fuente: 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…”

Fuente: 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.”

Fuente: 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
Contexto: 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.”

Fuente: 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.”

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

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

Fuente: 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.”

Fuente: 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?”

Fuente: 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.”

Fuente: 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.”

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

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