Joe Arpaio

I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.

— Joe Arpaio

It doesn't matter whether you're black, Hispanic, white. They're all in the same boat.

— Joe Arpaio

If they [mexicans] cross the border, I think, and they are violating the law, then that word criminal does connect with that…

— Joe Arpaio

I would have liked to see where we would have the authority to arrest illegal aliens just by being here illegally and…

— Joe Arpaio

I don't care where [Ted] Cruz comes from. I don't care where the President comes from. Day one, I opened an investigation…

— Joe Arpaio

Everything I do in my life is very aggressive.

— Joe Arpaio

The young people when I go to McDonald's, the Hispanic clerks will come by, 'Sheriff, can we have a picture?' over and…

— Joe Arpaio

There's a lot of other [than Donald Trump] people that say things you may call insulting, but no one seems to care…

— Joe Arpaio

I think it doesn't matter what color you are. Everybody is getting the - getting the stick, and I'm sure Trump feels…

— Joe Arpaio

I get a lot of calls from families and people who have served time and they say, 'Thank you, Sheriff. I hate…

— Joe Arpaio

Everything I did in the jails - chain gangs, everything - I haven't changed the policy. I did it, I stand by…

— Joe Arpaio

Look at Israel. Israel is a great country for examples on how to do security.

— Joe Arpaio

I have compassion, I've told you people that over and over again. Enforcing the law overrides my compassion.

— Joe Arpaio

I was taught to work hard and to be honest, and that's what I try to do, so that's it.

— Joe Arpaio

I'd feel more comfortable talking to the blacks, or Hispanics, or the poor areas. I feel more at home, believe it or…

— Joe Arpaio

I just came back from - with Trump when I endorsed him in Iowa, in Marshalltown, a little town - 27,000 -…

— Joe Arpaio

You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers must treat…

— Joe Arpaio

I'm not a computer guy. I have my Smith Corona. I would know nothing about computers.

— Joe Arpaio

I'm a very private person, regardless of what the world may think of me.

— Joe Arpaio

Now everybody is mafia. You got the Russian mafia, the Mexican mafia. Everybody is mafia these days.

— Joe Arpaio

If a nation's security is only as strong as its weakest link, then America may be in serious trouble. Hawaii may be…

— Joe Arpaio

Not that I ever did anything wrong. I was just aggressive. That's the way I am in my life.

— Joe Arpaio

So you don't speak English, you have no ID, you can't tell where you're from... that's suspicion, it's lower than probable cause.…

— Joe Arpaio

I'd rather report to four million people as the elected Sheriff than some governor or president, so I like reporting to the…

— Joe Arpaio

If you mention what he said about rapists from Mexico, there are some that come over - I can prove that with…

— Joe Arpaio