Joe Arpaio Quotes

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• 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 utilities and only law enforcement personnel have guns. And, believe it or not, such a liberal utopia does indeed exist. ... It’s called prison.

  Joe Arpaio

  Education, Food, Believe

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• Maybe today you could have shot anybody and get away with it. So there's many times, I could have killed people. Legally, I could have killed many people, especially working undercover.

  Joe Arpaio

  People, Today, Shots

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

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• If you come across illegal aliens committing crimes, other crimes, you deport them.

  Joe Arpaio

  Aliens, Crime, Illegal

  "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

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• I'm an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy - I lock everybody up.

  Joe Arpaio

  Opportunity, Law, Guy

  "Sheriff not Afraid to Enforce Immigration Law; Grassroots Group Takes Action on Immigration; Does Free Speech Exist on College Campuses?". www.cnn.com. May 12, 2006.

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• I just came back from - with Trump when I endorsed him in Iowa, in Marshalltown, a little town - 27,000 - have a lot of Hispanics working there from Mexico in a private business, so they're still here. I'm not saying they're here illegally but they still come and they work, make money for their families, send the money back to Mexico or whatever, so it's a big problem.

  Joe Arpaio

  Iowa, Mexico, Littles

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". Interview with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

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• If they [mexicans] cross the border, I think, and they are violating the law, then that word criminal does connect with that violation, so if they're violating the law, I guess you can call them criminals. We call everybody else criminals that violate the law.

  Joe Arpaio

  Thinking, Law, Criminals

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". Interview with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

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• 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. What about your dedicated soldiers that have helped fight in Afghanistan and Iraq? They're living in tents and our soldiers are living in tents. So it's OK for soldiers to live in tents, in hot tents, but it's wrong for inmates?

  Joe Arpaio

  Fighting, Cells, Iraq

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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 on illegal immigration as long as the laws are there.

  Joe Arpaio

  Gun, Talking, Law

  "Does Russell Pearce recall portend a new Arizona?" by Stephen Ceasar, latimesblogs.latimes.com. November 9, 2011.

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• 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.

  Joe Arpaio

  Jail, Gang, Chains

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• When you see a white guy at three in the morning on your beat in an alley, you kind of - "What's this guy doing here?"

  Joe Arpaio

  Morning, White, Guy

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

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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

  Responsibility, Government, Surrender

  "Justice Department cuts off civil rights talks with Sheriff Joe, vows lawsuit". www.foxnews.com. April 4, 2012.

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• I don't use e-mail or u-mail or whatever it's called.

  Joe Arpaio

  Use, Mail

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

  Joe Arpaio

  Thinking, Color, Matter

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

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• We learn by our problems. We correct our deficiencies if there are any.

  Joe Arpaio

  Problem, Deficiency, Ifs

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• I don't bow down to the federal government.

  Joe Arpaio

  Government, Bows, Federal Government

  "Pete Carroll Tries To Rally The Team". Joe Arpaio's remarks during the Seahawks team meeting at SpringHill Suites of Peoria/Glendale hotel in Arizona, doorfliesopen.com. January 1, 2016.

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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 music to my ears.

  Joe Arpaio

  Thank You, Hate, People

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• The day I leave, you won't know how to pronounce my name. You could care less about me, and I should be dead and buried because there's not one media that will come and remember who Joe Arpaio is. That's the way it is in politics.

  Joe Arpaio

  Media, Names, Care

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

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• If you mention what he said about rapists from Mexico, there are some that come over - I can prove that with how many I have in the jail system - but I don't think Donald Trump meant that everybody coming over are rapists. Come on, he knows that and I know that.

  Joe Arpaio

  Thinking, Jail, Mexico

  "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

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• 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 and could have a serious impact on our nation's immigration policy.

  Joe Arpaio

  Strong, Impact, America

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• The young people when I go to McDonald's, the Hispanic clerks will come by, 'Sheriff, can we have a picture?' over and over again. At least they want a picture with me.

  Joe Arpaio

  Mcdonalds, People, Clerks

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

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

  Joe Arpaio

  Compassion, Law, People

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

  Joe Arpaio

  Guy, Computer, Knows

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

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• 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 hope to get together with the community and try to explain what we do, so that's going to be one of my missions coming up.

  Joe Arpaio

  Community, Trying, Together

  "Arizona's 'one-pizza' Democrats taste success as GOP shares slice of the pie" by Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2012.

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• 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 or whatever, have a couple of beers and try to explain. But they need to understand that I enforce the laws. I want to listen to them and hear their problems. I want them to tell me what their problems are.

  Joe Arpaio

  Couple, Beer, Law

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

  Joe Arpaio

  Country, Israel, Example

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

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