Well the whole point is that Tom never had any big ideas to do anything on his own. He wanted to be part of the Corleone family

"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"

"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."

"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."