The Godfather: Part III Movie Quotes
Michael Corleone
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
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Michael Corleone
Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
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Michael Corleone
Never let anyone know what you are thinking.
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Michael Corleone
Friends and money - oil and water.
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Vincent Mancini
Don Lucchesi, you are a man of finance and politics. These things I don't understand.
Don Lucchesi
You understand guns?
Vincent Mancini
Yes.
Don Lucchesi
Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.
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Michael Corleone
I, uh, betrayed my wife. I betrayed myself. I've killed men, and I ordered men to be killed. No, it's useless. I killed... I ordered the death of my brother; he injured me. I killed my mother's son. I killed my father's son.
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Michael Corleone
I feel... I'm getting wiser now.
Kay Corleone
The sicker you get, the wiser you get, huh?
Michael Corleone
When I'm dead, I'm gonna be really smart.
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Michael Corleone
Vincenzo... when they come, they come at what you love.
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Don Altobello
The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends.
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Mary Corleone
I'll always love you.
Vincent Mancini
Love somebody else.
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Michael Corleone
[after learning of Zasa's assassination]
Don't ever give an order like that again. Not while I'm alive.
Vincent Mancini
Uncle Mike, it had to be done. You were too sick to make a decision. I got the go ahead from Neri and Connie.
Michael Corleone
Connie.
Vincent Mancini
It was the right thing to do.
Michael Corleone
It was not the right thing to do. I command this family, right or wrong. It was not what I wanted! Understand?
Vincent Mancini
Yes.
[Michael looks at Neri]
Al Neri
Yes.
[Michael looks at Connie for a long time]
Connie
Yes!
Michael Corleone
Vincent, help me to my bed. I want to talk to you alone.
Michael Corleone
[Vincent helps Michael into his bed]
My brother, your father, he and I. Opposites. But I never doubted his love. He would do anything for me. But his temper. Clouded his judgement. I don't want to see the same thing happen to you.
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Michael Corleone
Your enemies always get strong on what you leave behind.
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Michael Corleone
Nephew, from this moment on, call yourself Vincent Corleone.
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Michael Corleone
The higher I go, the crookeder it becomes.
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Michael Corleone
Joey Zasa is nothing. He's a small-time enforcer. He bluffs, threats, but nothing. You can see him coming a mile away.
Vincent Mancini
We should kill him before he kills...
Michael Corleone
No! Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
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Michael Corleone
He'd better be careful. It's dangerous to be a honest man.
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Vincent Mancini
I am your son. Command me in all things.
Michael Corleone
Give up my daughter. That is the price you pay for the life you choose.
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Vincent Mancini
You had a gun. They only had a knife. You could have talked them into surrendering. Turned them over to the police.
Vincent Mancini
Hey, Uncle Mike, Zasa sent these guys I was just sending him a message that's all.
Michael Corleone
Now he has to send you a message back.
Vincent Mancini
Joey Zasa's gonna send me a message? Joey Zasa's gonna send me a message?
Connie
Michael, he did the right thing. He got Zasa's name.
Michael Corleone
What's Joey Zasa got to do this this? Joey Zasa's a patso. Joey Zasa. Alright, you are what you are. It's in your nature. From now on you stick close to me. You don't go anywhere, you don't do anything, you don't talk to anyone without checking with me first, understand?
Vincent Mancini
Yeah.
Michael Corleone
I've got problems with the commission, young man!
Vincent Mancini
Yeah, I know.
Michael Corleone
You don't make them any easier.
Vincent Mancini
I know.
Michael Corleone
Alright, go on. Get out of here.
Connie
Michael.
Michael Corleone
Yes.
Connie
Now they'll fear you.
Michael Corleone
Maybe they should fear you.
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[delivering a message from Michael Corleone to Don Lucchesi]
Calo
Power wears out those who do not have it.
[stabs him]
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Don Altobello
I've lost the lust for women, and now my mind is clear.
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Don Lucchesi
It's not personal. It's business.
Michael Corleone
Very well. You want to do business with me. I will do business with you.
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B.J. Harrison
[about the pope; before the opera]
The Pope's doing exactly what you said he'd do, he's cleaning house.
Michael Corleone
He should be careful. It's dangerous to be an honest man.
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Michael Corleone
I spent my life protecting my son. I spent my life protecting my family!
Kay Corleone
Let's be reasonable here, Michael. I mean, that's your big thing, isn't it? Reason backed up by murder.
Michael Corleone
Oh, God, you hate me. You hate me.
Kay Corleone
No, I don't hate you, Michael. I dread you.
Michael Corleone
I did what I could, Kay, to protect all of you from the horrors of this world.
Kay Corleone
But you became my horror. The children still love you, though. Especially Mary.
Michael Corleone
Well, that's something. We can build on that. For their sake. Let's try.
Kay Corleone
Only if you let Tony go to live his own life. Away from you.
Michael Corleone
I'll let Tony go.
Kay Corleone
Thank you.
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Michael Corleone
What's wrong with being a lawyer?
Kay Corleone
Nothing, except he doesn't want it. He loves music he wants his life to be in music.
Michael Corleone
Well, music is great. I love music but he should finish what he started. Anthony.
Anthony Vito Corleone
I'm going my own way.
Michael Corleone
Your own way.
Anthony Vito Corleone
Uh-huh.
Michael Corleone
Professional singer.
Anthony Vito Corleone
That's right.
Michael Corleone
And what happens if you fail.
Anthony Vito Corleone
I won't fail.
Michael Corleone
Men always believe that. With a law degree you're taking on insurance. After that you can do anything you want. You can work for me.
Anthony Vito Corleone
I will never work for you. I have bad memories.
Michael Corleone
All families have bad memories.
Anthony Vito Corleone
I will always be your son, but I will never have anything to do with your business.
Michael Corleone
Anthony, finish the law degree.
Anthony Vito Corleone
No.
Kay Corleone
That he got from you. That "no."
Michael Corleone
You could have helped me, Kay. You could have helped me to convince him.
Kay Corleone
Convince him of what?
Michael Corleone
He throws his life away. He throws greatness away!
Kay Corleone
This is greatness? You know, Michael, now that you're so respectable I think you're more dangerous than you ever were. In fact, I preferred you when you were just a common Mafia hood.
Michael Corleone
Alright, can we talk now? Common sense?
Kay Corleone
Alright. Tony knows you killed Fredo.
Michael Corleone
Why did you come here?
Kay Corleone
I came here to protect my son. I didn't come here to see you disguised by your church. I thought that was a shameful ceremony.
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Michael Corleone
Italian politics have had these men for centuries. They are the true Mafia.
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Joey Zasa
The Miucci association and elected you their Italian American man of the year.
[hands Michael a plaque]
Michael Corleone
Oh, Miucci. Who's Miucci?
Joey Zasa
He's the Italian American who invented the telephone. He did it one year before Alexander Graham Bell.
Michael Corleone
Oh. And this is the reason you have come to my home on this day.
Joey Zasa
I have a stone in my shoe, Mr. Corleone. A two-bit punk who works for me. Who thinks he's related to you. A bastard.
Al Neri
He's here. Vincent Mancini. He's at the party.
Michael Corleone
Well, bring him in.
Joey Zasa
I think it's good that we talk. I have a problem. Now I have to find out if it is my problem or your problem.
Michael Corleone
Joey, your business is your business. I have no interest, no percentages. I'm out.
Joey Zasa
Good, then it is my problem.
Connie
[Connie and Vincent enter]
Michael, you know Vincent Mancini. Sonny's boy.
Vincent Mancini
Hey, how you doin' Mr. Corleone.
Michael Corleone
How you doing.
Vincent Mancini
I'm doin' good. How you doin'?
Michael Corleone
Good.
Vincent Mancini
Nice party.
Michael Corleone
Oh, you like it?
Vincent Mancini
Yeah, I had to sneak in.
Michael Corleone
Well, you dressed for it. What's the trouble between you and Mr. Joe Zasa?
Vincent Mancini
Just trouble. I'll take care of it.
Michael Corleone
That's foolish of you.
Vincent Mancini
Foolish of me? It's a little foolish of this guy don't you think? Right? RIGHT!
Michael Corleone
Temper like his father. Vincent, Mr. Joe Zasa now owns what used to be the Corleone family business in New York. Out of the kindness of his heart he gave you a job with his family. Contrary to my advice you took the job. I offered you something better. Something in the legitimate world. You turned me down. Now you both come to me with this bad blood. What do you expect me to do? Am I a gangster?
Vincent Mancini
No, no, you're not a gangster, Uncle Mike.
Connie
Michael, that's Papa's old neighborhood now it's a sewer. Zasa runs it like a disgrace the ladies told me.
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[first lines]
Michael Corleone
[voiceover]
My dear children: It is now better than several years since I moved to New York, and I haven't seen you as much as I would like to. I hope you will come to the ceremony of papal honors given for my charitable work. The only wealth in this world is children; more than all the money, power on earth, you are my treasure.
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Cardinal Lamberto
Your sins are terrible. It is just that you suffer. Your life could be redeemed, but I know you don't believe that. You will not change.
[grants Michael the Rite of Absolution]
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Vincent Mancini
[Vincent has caught one of Zaza's hitmen and is talking to the other] Whose idea was this? Who sent you?
Hired Killer
Nobody.
Vincent Mancini
You get a good look at this guy?
Hired Killer
Yeah.
Vincent Mancini
So who sent you?
Hired Killer
Joey. Joey Zaza. No!
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Vincent Mancini
Well you tell him from me, that he can live, or he can die.
Michael Corleone
Vincent, will you SHUT UP!
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Joey Zasa
I earned that territory with my talent. Commission gave it to me, and you approved.
Michael Corleone
Yes.
Vincent Mancini
Hey, Uncle Mike, I came here for the party. I'm not here to ask you for any kind of help. I could just kill this bastard. He's the one who needs the help.
Michael Corleone
So kill him. What does all this have to do with me?
Vincent Mancini
Well, he's going around behind your back saying "Fuck Michael Corleone" all the time. See, that's one thing it has to do with you, right?
Joey Zasa
Mr. Corleone, all bastards are liars. Shakespeare wrote poems about it.
Vincent Mancini
What am I gonna do with this guy, Uncle Mike. WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH THIS GUY!
Michael Corleone
Joey, if there is some guy running around this city saying "Fuck Michael Corleone," what do we do with a piece of shit like that? He's a fucking dog.
Joey Zasa
Yes, it's true, if anyone would say such a thing they would not be a friend, they would be a dog.
Michael Corleone
My interests don't conflict with Mr. Joe Zasa's.
Vincent Mancini
Oh you don't know how much your interests conflict with Mr. Joe Zasa's, Uncle Michael.
Connie
He needs your support, Michael!
Vincent Mancini
Don't let me work for this guy no more, Uncle Mike. Let me come work for you.
Michael Corleone
For me? As what? Tough guy? I don't need tough guys. I need more lawyers. Since we have no conflicts, no debts, I accept your tribute. I wish you well. Vincent, make your peace with Mr. Joe Zasa, come on.
Michael Corleone
[Vincent bites Zasa's ear and Zasa is taken out of the office]
Oh, Jesus Christ! Close it.
Vincent Mancini
Hey Uncle Mike, I told Connie this wasn't the right time for this. I mean, I know you're into bankers and Wall Street but everyone knows you're the final word, you're like the Supreme Court! All I want to do is protect you from these guys and your lawyers can't do that.
Michael Corleone
But you can.
Vincent Mancini
Yeah, I can do that.
Michael Corleone
And why should I be afraid of Joe Zasa?
Vincent Mancini
Well, he knows you're stopping him from rising up in the commission, Uncle Mike. I say we make him dead. You give me the order and I'll take care of it.
Michael Corleone
You'll take care of it? Maybe you should come with me for a few weeks. See what happens. See if you learn. Then, we'll talk about your future.
Vincent Mancini
I won't let you down.
Michael Corleone
Alright, go on.
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Archbishop Gilday
It seems in today's world the power to absolve debt is greater than the power of forgiveness.
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Johnny Fontaine
It's your favorite song, Michael, where you going?
Michael Corleone
I'm just gonna go into the kitchen and listen to some Tony Bennett records.
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Dominic Abbandando
[briefing the reporters]
The Pope - the Holy Father himself - has this very day blessed Michael Corleone; and you think you know better than the Pope?
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Joey Zasa
[during a meeting in Atlantic City]
I say to all of you, I have been treated this day, with no respect. I've earned you all money. I've made you rich, and I asked for little. Good. You will not give, I'll take! As for Don Corleone, well, he makes it, very clear to me today, that he is my enemy. You must choose between us.
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[Michael is kneeling alone in a room at the corpse of Don Tommasino in a coffin]
Michael Corleone
Goodbye my old friend. You could have lived a little longer, I could be closer to my dream. You were so loved, Don Tommasino. Why was I so feared, and you so loved? What was it? I was no less honorable. I wanted to do good. What betrayed me? My mind? My heart? Why do I condemn myself so? I swear, on the lives of my children: Give me a chance to redeem myself, and I will sin, no more.
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Mary Corleone
Then I love him first.
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Michael Corleone
I swear on the lives of my children, give me one last chance to redeem myself and I will sin no more.
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Kay Corleone
You know, Michael; now that you're so respectable, I think you're more dangerous than ever. I liked you better when you were just a common Mafia hood.
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Michael Corleone
Vincent, would you SHUT UP?
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Don Altobello
[regarding Vincent]
This is the hero who put Joey Zasa in his grave. If we'd known of his existence, we would never have backed Joey.
Don Lucchesi
No one wants another Joe.
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Michael Corleone
Kay, I had a very different destiny planned for us.
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Connie
Now they'll fear you. Michael.
Michael Corleone
Maybe they should fear YOU!
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Joey Zasa
Bastardo.
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Don Altobello
I must accept my age, and grow my olives and tomatoes.
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Don Altobello
You are my 'ace in the hole,' as we say in America. I have a stone in my shoe. You can remove it.
Mosca
Only one stone?
Don Altobello
[regarding Michael]
It's dangerous. A famous man. You will have to take precautions.
Mosca
Tell me what to do. Then I will tell you my price.
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Cardinal Lamberto
Look at this stone. It has been lying in the water for a very long time. But the water has not penetrated it. Look... Perfectly dry. The same thing has happened to men in Europe. For centuries they have been surrounded by Christianity, but Christ has not penetrated. Christ doesn't live within them.
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Don Altobello
Treachery is everywhere.
Michael Corleone
You still have your fingers on the strings, even now.
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Michael Corleone
Joey Zasa's a pazzo!
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Anthony Vito Corleone
[wanting to go on his own being an opera singer instead of a lawyer]
I will always be your son, but I will never have anything to do with your business.
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Vincent Mancini
You like to gamble? Why don't we go to Atlantic City? My town. I'll show you how to gamble.
Grace Hamilton
Yeah, but I like to win. How will I know what numbers to pick?
Vincent Mancini
Do I look okay like a guy who's gonna lose?
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Albert Volpe
We should wet our beaks a little.
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[In a church, planning a hit on Joey Zasa]
Al Neri
Look! I'd love to smack Joey Zasa and then whack the bag, Okay? But it's impossible. He's always mingling with people. In front of TV cameras, in his own neighborhood, it's impossible.
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Vincent Mancini
[Giving instructions in a voiceover]
Neri; go to Rome. Light a candle for the archbishop.
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Vincent Mancini
Uncle Michael, listen - I know you're into banks and Wall Street, but everyone knows you're the final word, you're like the Supreme Court. All I want to do is protect you from these guys and your lawyers can't do that.
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[during a meeting in the Vatican]
Archbishop Gilday
The Pope is gravely ill. Until he recovers, I am powerless.
B.J. Harrison
What if he dies?
Frederick Keinszig
Then, as you Americans say, all bets are off.
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Michael Corleone
If someone is going around this city saying, "Fuck Michael Corleone," what do we do with a piece of shit like that? He's a fucking dog.
Joey Zasa
Yes, it's true. If someone were to say such a thing, they would not be a friend. They would be a dog.
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Michael Corleone
Do you still fear me Kay?
Kay Corleone
I don't fear you Michael, I just dread you.
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Kay Corleone
It never ends.
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Michael Corleone
Let's get a message to Joey Zasa. I respect what he's done. The new overthrows the old. It's natural.
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Michael Corleone
Don't do anything. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
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Mask #2
[Mask #1 has Grace held at gunpoint, Vincent has Mask #2 at gunpoint]
You cut her throat, man! Right now!
Vincent Mancini
Hey! I'm going to do something to convince you. Dont get frightened, don't do any sudden movements, just watch me all right? Do you hear what I said?
Mask #1
Ok
[Vincent shoots Mask#2 in the head]
Mask #1
Oh, shit
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Connie
Where's Mary? Would somebody please hail Mary?
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Dominic Abbandando
Politics and crime, they're the same thing.
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