"None," Joe said.
"But you're a gangster."
Joe didn't see the point in arguing the distinction between gangster and outlaw because he wasn't sure there was one anymore. "Not all gangsters kill people."
"But you must be willing to."
Joe nodded. "Just like you."
"I'm a businessman. I provide a product people want. I kill no one."
"You're arming Cuban revolutionaries."
"That's a cause."
"In which people will die."
"There's a difference," Esteban said. "I kill for something."
"What? A fucking ideal?" Joe said.
"Exactly."
"And what ideal is that, Esteban?"
"That no man should rule another's life."
"Funny," Joe said, "outlaws kill for the same reason."
Dennis Lehane
"Live By Night"
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