According to Rich Cohen, Rothstein was the person who first realized that Prohibition was a business opportunity, a means to enormous wealth, who "understood the truths of early century capitalism (giving people what they want) and came to dominate them".
根據里奇·科恩（英语：Rich Cohen）所說，羅斯汀是第一個意識到禁酒令是一門商機的人，達到巨大財富的手段，他「了解早期世紀資本主義（給人們想要的東西）的真相，並用來支配他們」。