Joe Arpaio Quotes

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• I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.
• This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me from cracking down…
• You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers must treat prisoners with dignity.…
• I get a lot of calls from families and people who have served time and they say, 'Thank you, Sheriff. I hate the tents.' That's…
• A ‘liberal paradise’ would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive health care, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free…
• We learn by our problems. We correct our deficiencies if there are any.
• Everything I did in the jails - chain gangs, everything - I haven't changed the policy. I did it, I stand by it, and I'm…
• I can get along great with the Hispanics. In fact, I sure would like to meet them, even the politicians, maybe in the back room…
• I don't bow down to the federal government.
• I don't use e-mail or u-mail or whatever it's called.
• I have compassion, I've told you people that over and over again. Enforcing the law overrides my compassion.
• I used to have trust with reporters. Give them scoops. Those were the old days. It's very strange, when you give a story and it…
• I would hope to get together with the Latino community, if I could ever have them talk to me without screaming and threatening me. So…
• I'm an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy - I lock everybody up.
• I'm kind of an old-fashioned guy.
• If a nation's security is only as strong as its weakest link, then America may be in serious trouble. Hawaii may be our weakest link…
• Some people call me a publicity hound.
• I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.

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