How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Godfather.
Quote #4
DON ZALUCHI: I don't want it near schools! I don't want it sold to children! That's an infamia. In my city, we would keep the traffic in the dark people, the coloreds. They're animals anyway, so let them lose their souls.
This grotesquely racist speech shows that, even though the Mafiosi are criminals, they still try to perceive themselves as being better than other classes of people—in this case, African Americans.
Quote #5
MOE GREENE: The Corleone Family wants to buy me out? No, I buy you out, you don't buy me out […] Sonofabitch! Do you know who I am? I'm Moe Greene! I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders!
Moe Greene is a gangster who sees himself as a self-made man, more American than these Corleones who use their family connections to advance themselves and get an edge.