The Sopranos1999

Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.:
Excuse me, let me tell you something... When America opened up the floodgates and let all us Italians in, what do you think they were doing it for? 'Cause they were trying to save us from poverty? No, they did it because they needed us. They needed us to build their cities and dig their subways, and to make them richer. The Carnegies and The Rockerfellers: they needed worker bees and there we were. But some of us didn't want to swarm around their hive and lose who we were. We wanted to stay Italian and preserve the things that meant something to us: honor and family and loyalty... and some of us wanted a piece of the action. Now we weren't educated like the Americans, but we had the BALLS to take what we wanted! And those other folks, those other... the, the JP Morgans, they were crooks and killers too, but that was the business right? The American Way.

Dr. Jennifer Melfi:
That might all be true, but what do poor Itailian immigrants have to do with you and what happens every morning you step out of bed?

Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.:
What the f*** is this all of a sudden?

Dr. Jennifer Melfi:
I'm just asking a question.

Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.:
Oh, so YOU'RE taking a stand now, huh? You pick HERE to make a stand? After all this time telling me that nothing's my fault, because of poor parenting. You pick now to act like Betsy "F***in'" Ross! When my nephew is in the f***in' hospital! He might not get out!