Words matter. These are the best Joe Arpaio Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I have compassion, I’ve told you people that over and over again. Enforcing the law overrides my compassion.
But hey, controversy – well, it hasn’t hurt me in 50 years.
I’m working on Leno. He’s from my home state, Massachusetts. And my home country, Italy. I said, ‘Hey, Jay, why don’t you have me on your show? Afraid I’ll be funnier than you?’
I don’t use e-mail or u-mail or whatever it’s called.
When we go to court, they are going to have to come up with all the evidence where they are accusing me and my dedicated deputies of racial profiling. It’s always easy to throw the race card in there and that’s what they’re doing in Washington today, that they’re concerned about racial profiling.
I’m elected. I don’t report to any politician. I report to the people. If I had to report to any politician, I’d quit tomorrow. I’m not tall, dark and handsome. They don’t vote for me because I look like a movie star. I can’t get that vote. People keep voting for me because they like what I do.
Donald Trump is a leader. He produces results and is ready to get tough in order to protect American jobs and families.
This is a great country. You’re trying to tell me we can’t keep people from coming into our country if we really had the desire to do it? I don’t buy it.
I would have liked to see where we would have the authority to arrest illegal aliens just by being here illegally and book them into our jails, but that’s not going to happen.
I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.
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 not going to change.
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. And then we have a right to call immigration and check you out.
I’m an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy – I lock everybody up.
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 on illegal immigration as long as the laws are there.
I’m kind of an old-fashioned guy.
The Mexicans bowed down when we talked about removing their foreign aid, and then they began cooperating with our country.
I don’t bow down to the federal government.
I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.
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 music to my ears.
We learn by our problems. We correct our deficiencies if there are any.
