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“Why do you hurt me, Michael? I've always been loyal to you.”
— Tom Hagen, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Betrayal, Loyalty
“I trust these men with my life, Senator. To ask them to leave would be an insult.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Trust, Insult
“You know when I was your age, I went out to fishing with all my brothers and my father, and everybody. And I was, I was the only one who caught a fish. Nobody else could catch one except me. You know how I did it? Every time I put the line in the water I said a Hail Mary and every time I said a Hail Mary I caught a fish. You believe that? It's true, that's the secret. You wanna try it when we go out on the lake?”
— Fredo Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Hail Mary, Fishing
“If I could only live to see it, to be there with you. What I wouldn't give for twenty more years! Here we are, protected, free to make our profits without Kefauver, the goddamn Justice Department and the F.B.I. ninety miles away, in partnership with a friendly government. Ninety miles! It's nothing! Just one small step, looking for a man who wants to be President of the United States, and having the cash to make it possible. Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel.”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Estes Kefauver, FBI, Justice Department, US Steel
“Your country ain't your blood. Remember that.”
— Santino, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: blood and soil, country, Blood
“Genco Abbandando: So, what do you think of my angel?

Vito Corleone: You're happy, I'm happy.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: angel, Happy
“Senator Pat Geary: [as they're watching the performer at the sex club] Freddie, that thing can't be real.

Fredo Corleone: Sure it is. That's why they call him Superman.”
— Fredo Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: sex club, giant penis, Superman
“[Kay is threatening to take the children away]
Don't you know that I would use all of my power to prevent something like that from happening?”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Threat
“Those were the great old days, you know...And we was like the Roman Empire...The Corleone family was like the Roman Empire...”
— Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Good Old Days, Roman Empire
“Tom Hagen: When a plot against the Emperor failed...the plotters were always given a chance...to let their families keep their fortunes. Right?

Frank Pentangeli: Yeah, but only the rich guys, Tom. The little guys got knocked off and all their estates went to the Emperors. Unless they went home and killed themselves, then nothing happened. And the families...the families were taken care of.

Tom Hagen: That was a good break. A nice deal.

Frank Pentangeli: Yeah...They went home...and sat in a hot bath...opened up their veins...and bled to death...and sometimes they had a little party before they did it.”
— Tom Hagen, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Plotting, emperor, Bleeding to Death
“Michael, I hated you for so many years. I think that I did things to myself, to hurt myself so that you'd know—that I could hurt you. You were just being strong for all of us the way Papa was. And I forgive you. Can't you forgive Fredo? He's so sweet and helpless without you. You need me, Michael. I want to take care of you now.”
— Connie Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Hate, forgiveness, Protectiveness
“Fredo, you're nothing to me now. You're not a brother, you're not a friend. I don't want to know you or what you do. I don't want to see you at the hotels, I don't want you near my house. When you see our mother, I want to know a day in advance, so I won't be there. You understand?”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: disavowal
“I'd give four million just to be able to take a piss without it hurting.”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: painful urination
“Michael Corleone: Keep 'em alive.

Rocco Lampone: We'll try.

Michael Corleone: ROCCO! ALIVE!”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: alive
“[in Italian] Do me this favor. I won't forget it. Ask your friends in the neighborhood about me. They'll tell you I know how to return a favor.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: favor, Reciprocity
“Michael Corleone: [discussing the incident regarding the two unknown gunmen who fired through Michael's bedroom window earlier] You heard what happened in my home?

Frank Pentangeli: Mike, I almost died myself. We was all so relieved...

Michael Corleone: [interrupts] In my HOME! IN MY BEDROOM WHERE MY WIFE SLEEPS! Where my children come and play with their toys. In my home.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Attempted Murder
“Fredo Corleone: I'm your older brother, Mike, and I was stepped over!

Michael Corleone: That's the way Pop wanted it.

Fredo Corleone: It ain't the way I wanted it! I can handle things! I'm smart! Not like everybody says...like dumb...I'm smart and I want respect!”
— Fredo Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Smart, dumb, Respect
“Michael Corleone: C'mon Frankie...my father did business with Hyman Roth, he respected Hyman Roth.

Frank Pentangeli: Your father did business with Hyman Roth, he respected Hyman Roth...but he never trusted Hyman Roth!”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Business, Trust
“[Geary is demanding a large bribe for a gaming license]
Senator Pat Geary: I want your answer and the money by noon tomorrow. And one more thing. Don't you contact me again, ever. From now on, you deal with Turnbull.

Michael Corleone: Senator? You can have my answer now, if you like. My final offer is this: nothing. Not even the fee for the gaming license, which I would appreciate if you would put up personally.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Bribery
“Senator Pat Geary: I despise your masquerade, the dishonest way you pose yourself. You and your whole fucking family.

Michael Corleone: We're both part of the same hypocrisy, senator, but never think it applies to my family.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Masquerade, dishonest, Hypocrisy
“[during the play 'Senza Mamma']
Genco Abbandando: Vito, how do you like my little angel? Isn't she beautiful?

Vito Corleone: She's very beautiful. To you, she's beautiful. For me, there's only my wife and son.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Wife, Son, Children
“[Vito returns years later to Sicily and meets Don Ciccio, the man who murdered Vito's family]
Don Ciccio: I see you took the name of the town. What was your father's name?

Vito Corleone: Antonio Andolini.

Don Ciccio: You'll have to speak up. I can't hear you

Vito Corleone: My father's name was Antonio Andolini...and this is for you.
[stabs him]”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Violence, Stabbing
“I know now that it's over. I knew it then. There would be no way, Michael...no way you could ever forgive me not with this Sicilian thing that's been going on for 2,000 years. [Michael loses control. He slaps Kay across the face. She falls onto the couch]”
— Kay Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Sicilian, Mafia, Violence Against Women
“Oh, Michael. Michael, you are blind. It wasn't a miscarriage. It was an abortion. An abortion, Michael. Just like our marriage is an abortion. Something that's unholy and evil. I didn't want your son, Michael! I wouldn't bring another one of you sons into this world! It was an abortion, Michael! It was a son, Michael! A son! And I had it killed because this must all end! [Michael's eyes begin to bulge]”
— Kay Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Marriage, Abortion, Miscarriage, Taunting
“If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: History, Murder
“What I am saying is, we have now what we have always needed, real partnership with the government.”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Government, Crime, Partnership
“I am a retired investor on a pension, and I wished to live there as a Jew in the twilight of my life.”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: retired, Pension, Jew, Israel
“Michael Corleone: I've always taken care of you, Fredo.

Fredo Corleone: Taken care of me? You're my kid brother and you take care of me? Did you ever think about that, huh? Did you ever ONCE think about that? 'Send Fredo off to do this; Send Fredo off to do that.' 'Let Fredo take care of some Mickey Mouse nightclub somewhere.' 'Send Fredo to pick somebody up at the airport.' I'm your older brother Mike and I was stepped over.”
— Fredo Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: brothers, Sibling rivalry, Mickey Mouse
“I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Betrayal, Heartbreak
“[about the unrest in Cuba]
Michael Corleone: I saw a strange thing today. Some rebels were being arrested. One of them pulled the pin on a grenade. He took himself and the captain of the command with him. Now, soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't.

Hyman Roth: What does that tell you?

Michael Corleone: They could win.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Cuban Revolution, Rebels, Determination

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