Sheriffs Quotes
63 quotes by 56 authors
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I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.
— Joe Arpaio
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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…
— Joe Arpaio
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If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.
— John Barrymore
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Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county…
— Jello Biafra
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Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon or that should meditate upon…
— Joel Henry Hildebrand
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When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the sheriff: Say what you will against me when I am…
— H. L. Mencken
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I still don't even know if the sheriff will let me see him. And suppose he did; what then? What do I say to him?…
— Ernest Gaines
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Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to…
— Nancy McKeon
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Anderson Cooper has a job to do. And that job is to try to reinforce his credibility in the gay community after the fact that…
— Alec Baldwin
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Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always a deadly mix.…
— Barbara Brown Taylor
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I once played a sheriff who thought he could do the job without a gun. I was dead in twenty-seven minutes of a thirty minute…
— Ronald Reagan
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Wickedly Dangerous translates a terrifying figure from folklore , the Baba Yaga, into the smart, resourceful, motorcycle-riding Barbara Yager, who travels with her dragon-disguised-as-a-dog best…
— Alex Bledsoe
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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…
— Joe Arpaio
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The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is…
— John Culberson
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This is not the first time that Mexican authorities have handed over an Arab from a country with known Al Qaeda connections to a local…
— John Culberson
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The sheriffs are completely outnumbered and outgunned. And we don't have enough border patrol agents
— John Culberson
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The Liberals, apparently, want to prorogue the House. They want to run out of town, get out of town just one step ahead of the…
— Stephen Harper
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I broke down on Thursday, Nov. 3, and told Sheriff Howard Wells the truth. It wasn't easy, but after the truth was out, I felt…
— Susan Smith
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I respect everything the District Attorney and Sheriff’s Office did to thoroughly investigate this tragic accident. While the process was long and emotionally difficult, it…
— Tony Stewart
Who Wrote These Sheriffs Quotes
56 authors contributed a total of 63 Sheriffs Quotes, led by these top contributors: