4 quotes by Giuseppe Zangara (1900-1933), Italian (Bricklayer)

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Giuseppe Zangara

I kill kings and presidents first, and next all capitalists.

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Viva Italia! Goodbye to all poor peoples everywhere! ... Pusha da button!

Giuseppe Zangara

You give me electric chair. I no afraid of that chair! You're one of capitalists. You is crook man too. Put me in electric chair. I no care!

Giuseppe Zangara

I want to kill the president because I no like the capitalists. I have the gun in my hand, I kill kings and presidents first and next all capitalists.

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About the Author

Giuseppe Zangara

Born: September 7, 1900
Died: March 20, 1933
Nationality: Italian
Profession: Bricklayer

Biography

Giuseppe "Joe" Zangara was an Italian immigrant and naturalized United States citizen who attempted to assassinate then-President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 15, 1933, seventeen days before Roosevelt's inauguration. During a night speech by Roosevelt in Miami, Florida, Zangara fired five shots with a handgun he had purchased a couple of days before. He missed his target and instead injured five bystanders, mortally wounding Anton Cermak, the Mayor of Chicago.

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