The 71 best quotes from Narcos

We compile the most emblematic reflections of criminals such as Pablo Escobar, El Chapo Guzman...

Narcos" (drug traffickers) are criminals who risk their own lives to manufacture and distribute drugs and thus obtain substantial profits, to the point where many of them end up being multimillionaires.

Throughout history, and especially in the 20th century, the emergence of emblematic drug traffickers such as Pablo Escobar or "Chapo" Guzmán made these criminals an object of study. Thus, different series and television programs told the story of their incredible lives and their quest for wealth and power.

Best phrases of Narcos

So, with the aim of highlighting the macabre psyche of these ruthless criminals, we wanted to compile the best phrases narcos.

if we have forgotten any interesting quote or phrase from a famous narco, feel free to include it in the comments section.

1. The drug trafficking business is not going to end because as time goes by we are more people, and this will never stop. (Chapo Guzman)

The criminal business, unfortunately, has no signs of ceasing in the short term.

I know that one day I'm going to die, but I hope it will be of natural causes. (Chapo Guzmán)

On the possibility of being killed by other gangs or by the police.

I never did anything to induce the public to consume more drugs. People, in a way, want to know what it feels like or what the tastes are like. And then the addiction gets bigger. (Chapo Guzman)

On why people become addicted.

4. To be free, well, happy, because freedom is very nice. (Chapo Guzman)

After years behind bars, Chapo congratulated himself for his freedom.

5. From when I started in the drug trafficking business until now there was a big difference. Today there are a lot of drugs, but back then, the only ones we knew about were marijuana and poppy. (Chapo Guzman)

The industry has become more complex to meet consumer expectations.

6. For me it's normal because I've been taking care of myself in certain cities for some years, and no, I don't feel anything that hurts my health or my mind. I feel fine. (Chapo Guzmán)

About his health.

7. The day that I don't exist, drug trafficking will not decrease. (Chapo Guzman)

When Chapo dies, someone else will take his place and the business will continue to exist.

8. For what I see and know is that everything remains the same, it hasn't diminished, it hasn't gone up. (Chapo Guzman)

About the increase in drug consumption despite his imprisonment.

9. Partly it is because some people grow up with problems and already some envy or some information they give against the person. That is what breeds violence. (Chapo Guzmán)

The origins of violence, in one's own childhood, according to Chapo.

10. I have not consumed drugs for the last 20 years. (Chapo Guzman)

To be a good narco you can't use.

11. I supply more heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana than anyone in the world. I have a fleet of submarines, planes, trucks and boats. (Chapo Guzman)

Flaunting his incredible logistics and infrastructure.

12. What I do is defend myself, nothing more, but I would never go looking for trouble. (Chapo Guzman)

This is Guzman's vision of his criminal stage.

13. No, sir, not at all, because the people who are dedicated to this activity, well, they don't depend on me. (Chapo Guzman)

Talking about the dealers.

14. I hope that when he dies it won't be from a bullet in the neck. (Chapo Guzman)

A terrible way to pray for a peaceful death.

15. Silver or lead. (Pablo Escobar)

Pablo Escobar's famous phrase with which he gave his enemies two options: pay or die.

16. Everything in this life has a solution, except death. (Pablo Escobar)

Of course, after killing someone there is no turning back.

17. Life must be lived irresponsibly, but responsibly. (Pablo Escobar)

A paradox from the mouth of Escobar Gaviria.

18. The dog that has money is called Mr. Dog. (Pablo Escobar)

So much you have, so much you are worth, according to the Colombian narco.

19. People somehow try to know what it feels like, or what it tastes like. And that's where the addiction grows. (Chapo Guzman)

From curiosity to the ruin of addiction.

To live with my family for as many days as God gives me. (Chapo Guzmán)

That is his only will.

21. I think that if the Mexican government finds me, of course they are going to arrest me, but they are not going to kill me. (Chapo Guzmán)

And finally, this was fulfilled.

22. Many years ago I tried the drug. I have tried it, but not to become addicted. (Chapo Guzman)

This is how Guzman talks about his contact with intoxicants.

23. I asked God and it worked out, everything worked out perfectly. I'm here, thank God. (Chapo Guzman)

Sadly, Guzman thanks God for the fact that he is still alive.

24. If I am 'The Lord of the Heavens', then your brother would be 'The Lord of the Tunnels'. You don't make that many holes for miles across the border without having someone to turn a blind eye, please. (Amado Carrillo Fuentes)

A truism told by a famous narco.

25. The will of man is stronger than iron bars. (Amado Carrillo Fuentes)

If you want it, you can get it. It is a matter of tenacity.

26. A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and may be caught by surprise in an ever-changing world. (Dawood Ibrahim Kaska)

This is not a quote from a historian, but from a dangerous narco.

27. We have generated most of the employment in the country. We have given Colombia a lot of future. (Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha)

One of those narco phrases that emphasize the positive aspects of drug trafficking.

28. You read the press every day and you see a lot of embezzlement, that's what I call hot money. (Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha)

Food for thought.

29. How can you bribe someone who drives around in a Volkswagen 53? (Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela)

A rhetorical question.

My reason for getting involved in this was something that, in a way, had a cause that was not so reprehensible. (Jorge Salcedo)

Most narcos agree that, from their point of view, drug trafficking had clearly positive facets at the social level.

31. It is a reality that drugs destroy. Where I grew up there was no other way, and there is still no way to survive. (Chapo Guzman)

Reflecting on the catastrophe caused by drugs.

32. I don't consider myself a violent person, all I do is defend myself, nothing more. But can I start trouble? Never. (Chapo Guzman)

About his non-violent spirit... or so he says.

33. Drug trafficking is already part of a culture that originated from the ancestors. And not only in Mexico, but all over the world. (Chapo Guzman)

On the remote origins of this illicit activity.

34. Cocaine is the atomic bomb of Latin America. (Carlos Lehder Rivas)

A personal view on the main problem of Spanish-speaking America.

35. You can go far with a smile. You can go a lot further with a smile and a gun. (Al Capone)

A funny quote from the narco mobster who terrorized the streets of Chicago.

36. Now I know why tigers eat their young. (Al Capone)

A brutal metaphor from which it can be deduced that Capone liquidated some of his henchmen.

37. I have been accused of every death except the casualty list of the world war. (Al Capone)

Ironic sentence with which Scarface implies that he is accused of multiple murders.

38. Be careful who you consider your friends. I'd rather have four quarters than a hundred pennies. (Al Capone)

On the importance of having a small group of trustworthy people.

39. I'm just like any other man. All I do is meet a demand. (Al Capone)

People want dope, Capone gives it to them.

40. Vote early and vote often. (Al Capone)

On his ideal of democracy.

41. Don't get the idea that I'm one of those radicals. Don't get the idea that I'm bashing the American system. (Al Capone)

He was simply profiting from the rules of the system, even if it was outside the system.

42. I don't even know what street Canada is on. (Al Capone)

Ironic phrase that is a certain disparagement of that country.

43. I built my organization on fear. (Al Capone)

Through fear and oppression, systems of great complexity can be built.

44. Prohibition has caused nothing but trouble. (Al Capone)

On Prohibition.

45. I have spent the best years of my life giving people the best pleasures, helping them to have a good time, and what I get is abuse, the existence of a persecuted man. (Al Capone)

Victimizing himself in the face of the possibility of losing his freedom.

46. Friends are those who see you crying and say: Who did we kill? (Pablo Escobar)

A somewhat extremist way of conceiving friendship.

47. There are three ways of doing things: well, badly and the way I do them. (Pablo Escobar)

The Netflix series "Narcos" already echoed this peculiar phrase of Pablo Escobar.

My family did not have significant economic resources and we lived through difficulties like those experienced by the majority of the Colombian people; so we are not strangers to those problems, we know them deeply and we understand them. (Pablo Escobar)

About his knowledge and empathy with the most disadvantaged.

49. The family ends up being our Achilles heel. (Pablo Escobar)

Love for family members can destroy any criminal career.

50. The one who makes me laugh, pays me back by crying, mija. (Pablo Escobar)

About his vindictive eagerness.

51. Above those who run, there are those who fly. (Pablo Escobar)

Nothing is more important than speed.

52. How do you solve all the problems in life? With money, mijo. (Pablo Escobar)

With money you can do anything you want.

53. Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class. (Al Capone)

This is how Capone conceived the capitalist system.

54. You can get a lot more with a kind word and a gun than with one kind word. (Al Capone)

Epic phrase of Scarface.

55. I'd rather be in a grave in Colombia than in a jail cell in the United States. (Pablo Escobar)

One of those narco phrases in which Escobar expresses his null desire to be a prisoner in the United States.

56. Well, if half the world wants to kill me, then we hire the other half to defend me. (Pablo Escobar)

Escobar's terrible thought when he felt cornered by the DEA and rivals from neighboring cartels.

57. Thinking like a poor man leaves you poor. (Pablo Escobar)

You have to think big to accumulate wealth.

58. From hunger was born the mischief. (Pablo Escobar)

Almost in the form of a saying.

59. I have plenty of people who hate me, but there is never a lack of people who love me. (Pablo Escobar)

With open arms to those who want to join the "cause".

60. Don't confuse my kindness with weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is not kind to me, weakness is not what you will remember about me. (Al Capone)

Hostility is paid for with more hostility and violence.

61. You have to have bad days to realize who is family, who is friend and what are the true loves. (Pablo Escobar)

The truth of things is discovered in the midst of a crisis.

62. In a world of hypocrites, the sincere ones are the bad ones. (Pablo Escobar)

In this phrase, Escobar boasts of his honesty.

63. They watch you, they criticize you, they envy you and in the end they imitate you. (Pablo Escobar)

Perhaps, the most remembered narco phrase.

64. Sometimes I am God. If I say a man dies, he dies the same day. (Pablo Escobar)

About his ability to order the murder of anyone who crosses him.

65. The family ends up being our downfall. (Pablo Escobar)

Another phrase about the difficulty of having a family when you dedicate yourself to a life of crime.

66. That wretched dog is not going to have enough time in his life to repent for what he just did to me. (Pablo Escobar)

A death sentence.

67. With the politicians we have in Colombia, to be a bandit is an honor. (Pablo Escobar)

The most bandits were in Parliament, according to Escobar.

68. If I knew him, in this case, it is with respect and from my part I would say that he is a person who is not looking for trouble, in any aspect. (Chapo Guzman)

About himself.

69. The limited consumption of cocaine in Mexico is going to change, Turco. For example... the high officials, the politicians, the singers, the artists, all the people who have money are going to have access to high purity cocaine, gentlemen. And to those with less purchasing power, we are going to give them cocaine of lower purity, with more cuts, more adulterated so that it costs less and has more access to the slums. (Chapo Guzman)

On his plans for the future.

70. I thought 'El Chapo' was disciplined, but he's just a big bandit. (Pablo Escobar)

Escobar described the Mexican drug trafficker this way.

71. Donald Trump is a wretched dog, he's a damned full of money, full of hate. (Pablo Escobar)

About the tycoon and current president of the United States.