Many accounts say that Sam Giancana thought making ceremonies were stupid, and didn't care who was made. If you could make money and keep your mouth shut, you were on his level as far as he was concerned.


"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea