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This is the government we have chosen

13 Nov

One of the most memorable lines in American cinema occurred on a balcony in a Havana hotel on the eve of the Cuban Revolution.  On the balcony Hyman Roth, an elderly gangster, is speaking to Michael Corleone about making an “investment” in Cuba, as rebel forces are challenging the regime of Dictator Fulgencio Batista, days before Fidel Castro takes over Havana on January 1, 1959.  At this meeting of several Mafia chieftains, Roth says to Michael, “This is the business (crime) we have chosen.”

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