It is not so much that he is a victim, nor is it so much that he is a criminal, but rather that he is a force unto himself...."no different than any powerful man....But Michael(WHINE) Senators and Congressmen don't have men killed!...."Whose being naive, Kay?"
I think Puzo's whole point was to show some degree of moral relativism here.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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