My public is the American public. They wanted liquor and I supplied it.

This line is commonly presented as a justification for supplying illegal alcohol during Prohibition, framing the speaker as responding to consumer demand rather than acting purely out of personal greed.

It portrays criminal activity as market service: if people want a banned product, someone will provide it. The statement shifts responsibility from the supplier to the public and implies that demand, not the supplier, is the root cause.