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Tattaglia lost a son, and I lost a son.
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We're quits. And if Tattaglia agrees,
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then I'm willing to let things go on
as before.

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We're grateful to Don Corleone
for calling this meeting.

:34:22
We all know him as a man of his word.
A modest man who listens to reason.

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Yes, Don Barzini. He's too modest.
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He had all the judges and politicians
in his pocket.

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He refused to share them.
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When did I ever refuse
an accommodation?

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All of you know me.
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When did I ever refuse,
except one time? And why?

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Because I believe this drug business
will destroy us in the years to come.

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It's not like gambling or liquor
or even women,

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which is something that most people
want, but is forbidden by the Church.

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Even the police that have helped us in
the past with gambling and other things

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are going to refuse to help us
when it comes to narcotics.

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I believed that then...
and I believe that now.

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Times have changed.
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It's not like the old days,
when we could do anything we wanted.

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A refusal is not the act of a friend.
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If Don Corleone had all the judges and
politicians, then he must share them

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or let others use them. He must let us
draw the water from the well.

:35:45
Certainly he can present a bill
for such services.

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After all, we're not communists.
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I also don't believe in drugs.
:35:57
For years I paid my people extra, so
they wouldn't do that kind of business.


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