I don't want your advice,' Sonny said.'I just want you to help me win,
all right?'
When everybody had calmed down, Tom explained to Sonny why he
thought killing Sollozzo was a bad idea. 'Sollozzo's paying the police
captain who hit Michael a lot of money. His name's McCluskey. He's
agreed to be Sollozzo's bodyguard at themeeting. Now you must understand, Sonny, that you can't kill Sollozzo
while he's with McCluskey. Nobody's ever shot a New York police
captain. It would be a disaster. All the five families would come after
you. All our important friends would disappear. We'd have no friends in
the world. We'd be finished!'