Originally Posted by mustachepete
There's a quote in the book, attributed to Michael, about how the Rockefellers were thieves before they were philanthropists. If there's a note in the book actually sourcing that quote I'd appreciate hearing where it came from. The quote got dropped into every wikipedia article related to The Godfather in any way, and spread from there to the internet generally.

Thanks for any insight.



It sounds like it is a quote from the movie, so that would be where to look. I do not remember the quote, what did you think of the book?