The Inside Man Quotes

“That was the difference between a made man and a connected guy. A connected guy might be a big shot among ordinary people who realized that he had mob connections, but made men were kings of whomever and whatever they surveyed. And a connected guy couldn’t even question a made man without risking a serious reprisal.”
― M.A. Rothman, The Inside Man

“Being friends in La Cosa Nostra had a special meaning. When someone introduced you to another member of the Mafia, they’d say you were either my friend, which meant you were a connected guy, but they wouldn’t discuss business in front of you, or they’d say you were our friend, which meant you were a made guy, a person of mutual respect, and someone who could be trusted with business. A person who’d taken the oath.”
― M.A. Rothman, The Inside Man