Silence..

We are a family, and the loyalty of the family must come before anything and everyone else. For if we honor that commitment, we will never be vanquished-but if we falter in that loyalty we will all be condemned.”
- Mario Puzo, The Family

O is for Omerta


o·mer·tà
[aw-mer-tah; English oh-mer-tuh] noun, Italian
secrecy sworn to by oath; code of silence.