"I'm a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befallMichael - if he is to be shot in the head by a police officer, or befound hung dead in a jail cell... or if he should be struck by a boltof lightning - then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room;and then I do not forgive. But with said, I pledge - on the souls of mygrandchildren - that I will not be the one to break the peace that wehave made today."
"never wanted this for you. I work my whole life - I don't apologize -to take care of my family, and I refused to be a fool, dancing on thestring held by all those bigshots. I don't apologize - that's my life -but I thought that, that when it was your time, that you would be theone to hold the string. Senator Corleone; Governor Corleone. Well, itwasn't enough time, Michael. It wasn't enough time."
"What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? Ifyou'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined yourdaughter would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honestman like yourself should make enemies, then they would become myenemies. And then they would fear you."
"In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns."