Eliot Ness Quotes

Mountie Captain : I do not approve of your methods!
Ness : Yeah, well... You're not from Chicago.

I wanna hurt the man, Malone. You hear me? I wanna start taking the battle to him. I wanna hurt Capone!

So much violence...

Didn't you hear what I said? What are you, deaf? What is this, a game?

All right now, let's do some good!

Scoop : Word is they're going to repeal Prohibition. What'll you do then?
Ness :I think I'll have a drink.

George Stone : Where is Nitti?
Ness : He's in the car.

Ness : I'm going to see you burn, you son of a bitch, because you killed my friend!
Frank Nitti : He died like a pig.
Ness : What did you say?
Frank Nitti : I said your friend died screaming like a stuck Irish pig. Now you think about that when I beat the rap.
Frank Nitti : Hey... hey!
Frank Nitti : Hey!
Ness : Did he sound anything like that?

I have foresworn myself. I have broken every law I have sworn to uphold, I have become what I beheld and I am content that I have done right!

Ness Never stop, never stop fighting till the fight is done.
Capone : What'd you say? What're you saying?
Ness : I said, "Never stop fighting till the fight is done."
Capone : What?
Ness : You heard me, Capone. It's over.
Capone : Get out, you're nothing but a lot of talk and a badge.
Ness : Here endeth the lesson.