Joe Arpaio Quotes

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Some people call me a publicity hound.

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.

I don't bow down to the federal government.

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.

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?"

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

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.

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

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

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

I believe Donald Trump is the best guy for president; and I'm not going to shy away and I take the risk. I could just stay home and don't talk about any candidate.

Everything I do in my life is very aggressive.

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 doesn't come out the right way.

We do have freedom of speech, but if you say the wrong word, it looks like it makes headlines. So everybody has to be very careful.

I don't throw people under the bus. When I stick by a guy - I may not agree with him all the time, but I sure don't throw him under the bus.

Let [Ted] Cruz - let the people go to the courts and see if he's here legitimately. I don't know. I'm not going to get into that.

You know why you have to give [Donald] Trump credit, whether you don't like him or not? He opened the door.Now there's a lot of talk about immigration. That's good. Nobody wanted to talk about it.

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

I really love how Israel operates, and I love the Jewish people.

I just talk, and I say what I feel, and yet, I'm a nice guy.

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

I don't look at me taking risks or if that's going to affect me politically.

If I'm hated, okay. I don't believe that.

All the studies say that immigrants are less likely to be criminals in the United States. That's what they say. The sources are there.

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

I don't think Donald Trump is afraid of journalists. If he was, he wouldn't be on the TV every hour on the hour.

Once I can talk to people, I switch them over on my side.

But believe me, there's a lot I'd like to say - but I don't think the time is right now.

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

I even used to stop vehicles going through stop signs, even though I was walking.

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

You get so tired of political correctness. I'm noted for speaking out all my career.

I'd feel more comfortable talking to the blacks, or Hispanics, or the poor areas. I feel more at home, believe it or not.

I don't have all these advisers, political advisers. I don't even talk to them because I'm not a slave to a campaign manager, and Trump isn't either.

I love people that come from another country. I love talking to them.

You make deals in business and in government if you're smart.

I love the president Donald Trump. He supports law enforcement and I'm very humbled. I said publicly, recently, pardon or no pardon, I will be with him until the end.

I'm kind of an old-fashioned guy.

I'm not interested in Vice President. I'm hanging around Arizona. I'm running again for Sheriff.

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

I don't rely on the media. I usually average one speech a day for 25 years. People know me because I'm out there.